Don Carlos

Name: Don Carlos
Author: Friedrich Schiller

by Friedrich Schiller

Tragedy exploring love, duty, and political intrigue

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Friedrich Schiller

Germany's greatest dramatist after Goethe, Schiller wrote plays of passionate idealism exploring freedom, tyranny, and moral heroism. His early Storm and Stress works scandalized audiences with their revolutionary energy. He and Goethe formed the most celebrated literary friendship in German history.

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