The complete online text of Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller.

A universal genius generally regarded as the greatest German dramatist, Friedrich Schiller dominates a period of German literary history as no one else before or since. Schiller revealed more vividly than any of his predecessors the power of drama and po...

A universal genius generally regarded as the greatest German dramatist, Friedrich Schiller dominates a period of German literary history as no one else before or since. Schiller revealed more vividly than any of his predecessors the power of drama and po...

The German dramatist, poet, and historian Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) ranks as one of the greatest of German literary figures. He was a founder of modern German literature. Friedrich von Schiller was born at Marbach, Württemb...

Saranpa, Kathy. Schiller's Wallenstein, Maria Stuart, and Die Jungfrau von Orleans: The Critical Legacy. Rochester, NY Camden House, 2002. 169pp. $59.00 hardcover. This volume in the Camden House series, Literary Criticism in Perspective, follows the reception of Schiller's three "late historical plays" (1...

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Seiji Ozawa, music director At: Symphony Hall last night Like all the greatest pianists, Maria Tipo doesn't sound like anyone else. This comes from the unique quality of her sound, her style of playing, and the strength...

In the following essay, Wells discusses the problem of how we are to understand the guilt and villainy of the heroes and antagonists in Wallenstein and Maria Stuart, and notes that Schiller places less and less emphasis on villainy as a source of tragic catastrophe in his later works.

In the following essay, Sharpe presents a critical overview of the historical dramas Don Carlos and Mary Stuart, and maintains that the hope evident in Don Carlos disappears in the later play and is replaced by a bleaker vision of human integrity in the world of action.