Mary Stuart - Softcover
Schiller's tension-filled verse play Mary Stuart is set during the final days of Mary, the Queen of Scots as she faces the death sentence.
Originally published in 1800, the play depicts its players as crafty and mired in intrigue yet generally sympathetic. Queen Elizabeth defers judgement upon Mary, while Mary herself finds in Mortimer an ally she places her utmost trust in saving her life. Mary's difficulties stem from holding a claim to the English throne; while ostensibly jailed for murdering her husband Darnley, her incarceration is in fact down to political expedience.
Over five acts, we witness the manipulations and complications which the characters vest in. While running for five acts, the play retains an essential and compelling pace, in part thanks to its skillfully penned verse form. In staging a scene wherein Mary meets Queen Elizabeth face-to-face, the play takes some liberties, albeit justified, with history - the two in actuality never met.
This edition contains the classic authoritative English translation by Joseph Mellish, which remains frequently performed in theatres to this day.
Originally published in 1800, the play depicts its players as crafty and mired in intrigue yet generally sympathetic. Queen Elizabeth defers judgement upon Mary, while Mary herself finds in Mortimer an ally she places her utmost trust in saving her life. Mary's difficulties stem from holding a claim to the English throne; while ostensibly jailed for murdering her husband Darnley, her incarceration is in fact down to political expedience.
Over five acts, we witness the manipulations and complications which the characters vest in. While running for five acts, the play retains an essential and compelling pace, in part thanks to its skillfully penned verse form. In staging a scene wherein Mary meets Queen Elizabeth face-to-face, the play takes some liberties, albeit justified, with history - the two in actuality never met.
This edition contains the classic authoritative English translation by Joseph Mellish, which remains frequently performed in theatres to this day.
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Review:
'Exhilarating - a fast moving narrative about the imprisoning effect of power.' Guardian
About the Author:
Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) was one of the greatest playwrights, poets, philosophers and historians writing in German. Penguin also publishes his plays Mary Stuart, The Robbers and Wallenstein. Some of the most productive years of his short life were spent in Jena and Weimar, where his creative friendship with Goethe has taken on a mythic status. His poem 'Ode to Joy' became the basis for the finale of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and is now the European Union's anthem.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1536859842
- ISBN 13 9781536859843
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages172
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