Böcker av Friedrich Schiller

This dramatic story recounts Mary, Queen of Scots's remaining days held captive in Fotheringay Castle. In scenes alternating between Mary's prison and Elizabeth's court at Westminster, Schiller's play gradually builds a compelling picture of a tragic heroine rising above her suffering to gain in insight and spiritual depth. In contrast Elizabeth, in turmoil over the correct course of action for her country and trapped by the cruel demands of Realpolitik, can achieve worldly victory only at a terrible moral cost. Culminating in a fictitious meeting of the two women, Mary Stuart is a dramatic meditation on the nature of political power, but also a deeply moving human tragedy that captures the emotional essence of complex events.

The second in a series of Schiller plays in the acclaimed translations of Robert David MacDonald. This volume contains a popular Schiller's play, "Don Carlos" - in which the young Don Carlos is locked in a life and death struggle with his father, Philip II of Spain.

Play from Schiller, translated into English for the stage by Robert David MacDonald. The plot revolves around the conflict between two aristocratic brothers, Karl and Franz Moor. The charismatic but rebellious student Karl is deeply loved by his father.