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William Tell, verse drama in five acts by German dramatist Friedrich Schiller, published and produced in 1804 as Wilhelm Tell. During the 15th century, in the Swiss canton of Uri, the legendary hero Wilhelm Tell leads the people of the forest cantons in rebellion against tyrannical Austrian rule.
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The play was written by Friedrich Schiller between 1803 and 1804, [1] and published that year in a first edition of 7000 copies. [1] Since its publication, Schiller’s William Tell has been translated into many languages. [1]
He obtained a copy of Tschudi's chronicles and considered writing a play about Tell, but ultimately gave the idea to his friend Friedrich von Schiller, who in 1803–04 wrote the play Wilhelm Tell, first performed on 17 March 1804, in Weimar.
Apr 29, 2024 · In the early Romantic era of nationalist revolutions, the Tell legend attained worldwide renown through the stirring play Wilhelm Tell (1804) by the German dramatist Friedrich von Schiller. William Tell, Swiss legendary hero who symbolized the struggle for political and individual freedom. The historical existence of Tell is disputed.
German-Russian composer Zinaida Petrovna Ziberova created a musical setting for Schiler's William Tell in 1935. The 20th-century composer Giselher Klebe adapted The Robbers for his first opera of the same name, which premiered in 1957. Schiller's burial. A poem written about the poet's burial:
Schiller, a historian, was inspired by his wife, Lotte, who knew something of Swiss history and legend, to write the play. The drama is known as Wilhelm Tell in Germany. The action begins in the early fourteenth century.
Wilhelm Tell, Schiller's last and greatest republican drama, was written at the end of his life, from 1803-4, when Schiller was at the peak of his artistic genius. The play was first performed in Weimar on March 17, 1804, a nd first put in print in October of that year, by Cotta at Tubingen.
