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The story focuses on the legendary Swiss marksman William Tell as part of the greater Swiss struggle for independence from the Habsburg Empire in the early 14th century. Gioachino Rossini 's four-act opera Guillaume Tell was written to a French adaptation of Schiller's play.
William Tell: Created by Friedrich Schiller. With Conrad Phillips, Willoughby Goddard, Jennifer Jayne, Richard Rogers. Depicts the legend of William Tell, who, as the stories say, shot an apple off of his son's head and lead the rebellion to free Switzerland.
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The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and produced by ITC Entertainment. In the United States, the episodes aired on the syndicated NTA Film Network in 1958–1959.
No.TitleDirected ByWritten By1"The Emperor's Hat"Rene Wilde and Leslie Arliss2"The Hostages"Doreen Montgomery story by Ralph Smart3"Secret Death"Doreen Montgomery story by Ralph Smart4"The Gauntlet of St. Gerhardt"Doreen Montgomery story by Ralph Smart- 39
- Ralph Smart
- 15 September 1958 –, 15 June 1959
- ITV
William Tell. Tell is arrested for not saluting Gessler's hat (mosaic at the Swiss National Museum, Hans Sandreuter, 1901) William Tell ( German: Wilhelm Tell, pronounced [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈtɛl] ⓘ; French: Guillaume Tell; Italian: Guglielmo Tell; Romansh: Guglielm Tell) is a folk hero of Switzerland. According to the legend, Tell was an expert ...
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 9 5 8 (UK) 39 x 25 minute episodes. The Adventures of William Tell was another of ITV’s all-action productions which, although aimed primarily at young audiences, built up an adult following too. It starred Conrad Phillips in the title role – loosely based on Johann Von Schiller’s tale about William Tell, an Alpine hero from the Swiss ...
Friedrich Schiller’s William Tell is an 1804 German drama based on the legend of Swiss archer William Tell, set against the backdrop of the medieval Swiss movement towards independence from the Habsburg Empire. Schiller, a historian, was inspired by his wife, Lotte, who knew something of Swiss history and legend, to write the play.
