Friedrich von Schiller

A classic of 18th-century thought, Schiller's treatise on the role of art in society ranks among German philosophy’s most profound works. An important contribution to the history of ideas, it employs a political analysis of contemporary society — and of the French Revolution, in particular — to define the relationship …

When Schiller completed Wilhelm Tell as a "New Year's Gift for 1805" he foretold that it would cause a stir. He was right. In the midst of Great Power politics a play which drew substance from one of the fourteenth-century liberation movements proved both attractive and inflammatory. Since then the work as become …

“Magnificent . . . leaves no doubt that you are watching a classic. . . . In Mike Poulton’s fleet and vivid translation . . . the story of a tyrannical King Philip II of Spain and his abused, love-tormented son, Don Carlos, has all the deftly plotted twists and turns of a thriller. You lean forward in your seat, …

Cabale et Amour est une pièce de théâtre en cinq actes de Friedrich von Schiller, jouée pour la première fois le 13 avril 1784 à Francfort-sur-le-Main. Représentative du drame bourgeois et du Sturm und Drang, la pièce met en scène une histoire d'amour tragique entre le noble Ferdinand von Walter et Louise Miller, …

Marie Stuart est une pièce de théâtre de Friedrich von Schiller parue en 1800. Elle dépeint les derniers jours de Marie d'Écosse. Publiée le 14 juin 1800 à Weimar, elle a notamment servi de base pour l'opéra de Gaetano Donizetti Maria Stuarda.

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist. Schiller wrote many philosophical papers on ethics and aesthetics. He developed the concept of the Schöne Seele (beautiful soul), a human being whose emotions have been educated by his reason, so that Pflicht …