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Don Carlos and Mary Stuart

Don Carlos and Mary Stuart, two of German literature's greatest dramas, deal with the timeless issues of power, freedom, and justice. Dating from 1787 and 1800 respectively, one play was written before the French Revolution, the other in its aftermath. Both dramatize periods of crisis in 16th-century Europe, and in doing so reflect Schiller's passionate engagement with the great themes of his own age - justice, power, freedom of conscience, legitimacy of government.

Genre
literary fictionhistorical fiction
Themes
theatre
Setting
germanyspain
Audience
adult
Length
long · 400 pages
Form
plays

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