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The Piccolomini

A Play

by Friedrich Schiller

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Officers gather in a Gothic council chamber at Pilsen while the authority of their commander competes with that of the emperor. Friedrich Schiller's historical play follows Wallenstein's military circle during the Thirty Years' War, with Octavio Piccolomini and his son Max among its central figures. Talk of captured supplies, promotions and debts shows how personal obligations shape allegiance within the army. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's English verse translation gives these exchanges a formal, measured pace.

Private feeling becomes part of political calculation when Countess Terzky manages a conversation with Max while others prepare a banquet and seek his signature. Max's absorption in love makes familiar military duties seem wearisome, even as he senses unusual activity around him. The play offers readers an examination of loyalty under pressure, where a promise, a family connection or a carefully timed conversation can carry the weight of a public decision.

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Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) was a German poet, playwright, and historian, and with Goethe a founder of Weimar classicism. His dramas of freedom and moral struggle, and his Ode to Joy set to music by Beethoven, made him one of the most beloved writers in the German language.

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Pages
203
Language
English
Genre
Drama
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