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Wallenstein is the popular designation of a trilogy of dramas by German author Friedrich Schiller. It consists of the plays Wallenstein's Camp (Wallensteins Lager), a lengthy prologue, The Piccolomini (Die Piccolomini), and Wallenstein's Death (Wallensteins Tod).
Wallenstein, three-part historical drama by Friedrich Schiller, performed in 1798–99 and published in 1800. The three parts consist of a one-act prelude titled Wallensteins Lager (“Wallenstein’s Camp”) and two five-act tragedies, Die Piccolomini and Wallensteins Tod (“Wallenstein’s Death”), written.
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The Wallenstein trilogy: Consisting of Wallenstein's Camp, The Piccolomini, and Wallenstein's Death, these plays tell the story of the last days and assassination of the treasonous commander Albrecht von Wallenstein during the Thirty Years' War.
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Wallenstein is the popular designation of a trilogy of dramas by German author Friedrich Schiller. It consists of the plays Wallenstein's Camp ( Wallensteins Lager ), a lengthy prologue, The Piccolomini ( Die Piccolomini ), and Wallenstein's Death ( Wallensteins Tod ).
Jul 2, 2007 · "Wallenstein" — the story of a Hamlet-like general in the Thirty Years' War who assembles an army formidable enough to challenge the power of the king he serves, but who then hesitates to act ...
By the time Frederich Schiller came to write the Wallenstein trilogy, his reputation as one of Germany's leading playwrights was all but secured. Consisting of Wallenstein's Camp, The Piccolomini and Wallenstein's Death , this suite of plays appeared between 1798 and 1799, each production under the original direction of Schiller's collaborator ...
