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   William Tell (German: Wilhelm Tell, German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈtɛl] ⓘ) is a drama written by Friedrich Schiller in 1804. 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.

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   William Tell, verse drama in five acts by German dramatist Friedrich Schiller, published and produced in 1804 as Wilhelm Tell.

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   Is William Tell based on a true story?

   • 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.

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   Who is William Tell in 'William Tell for schools'?

   • Max Frisch 's "William Tell for Schools" (1971) deconstructs the legend by reversing the characters of the protagonists: Gessler is a well-meaning and patient administrator who is faced with the barbarism of a back-corner of the empire, while Tell is an irascible simpleton. Tell still remains a popular figure in Swiss culture.

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   What is Guillaume Tell based on?

   • 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.

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   Why did Friedrich Schiller write a play about William Tell?

   • Friedrich Schiller (who had never been to Switzerland, but was well informed, being a historian) was inspired to write a play about the legendary Swiss marksman William Tell by his wife Lotte, who knew the country from her personal experience.

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   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 ...

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   Though William Tell is primarily remembered for the hero’s legendary feat of archery, the full play is about much more: a fully-realized revolution and historical details about the Swiss road to independence. The play has been staged many times since its debut, though it was briefly banned from public performance in Germany during the Nazi ...

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   William Tell (French: Guillaume Tell; Italian: Guglielmo Tell) is a French-language opera in four acts by Italian composer Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy and L. F. Bis, based on Friedrich Schiller 's play Wilhelm Tell, which, in turn, drew on the William Tell legend. The opera was Rossini's last, although he ...

   • Language: French

   • Premiere: 3 August 1829, Salle Le Peletier, Paris

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   Feb 16, 2009 · Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. ... William Tell: A Play ... FULL TEXT download.

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   Nov 21, 2012 · William Tell: a play, in five acts : Knowles, James Sheridan, 1784-1862 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.