Schiller furnished proof of Germany's high cultural achievement. His stature was recognized even in his lifetime: on 17 September 1801 he attended a performance of his
Kalendar auf das Jahr 1802: Die Jungfrau von Orleans. Eine romantische Tragodie (1802; translated as
The Maid of Orleans, 1824) at Leipzig. After the first act the audience exploded in shouts of "Es lebe Schiller!" (Long live Schiller), accompanied by cheers and applause. After the curtain fell on the last act, he was treated to a standing ovation. When he appeared at the exit, the throng fell silent. Baring their heads, they parted so as to form a corridor for him to pass. Here and there a parent lifted up a child and pointed out the honored man. Schiller had become, and remains, an icon.
Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller was born in obscurity on 10 November 1759 in Marbach. His father, Johann Kaspar Schiller, was a captain in the army of Karl Eugen, duke of Wurttemberg. In 1749 he had married Elisabeth Dorothea Kodweiß, the daughter of a Marbach innkeeper.
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