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Two queens. One in power. One in prison. It's all in the execution.

Mary Stuart (German: Maria Stuart) is a verse play by Friedrich Schiller that depicts the last days of Mary, Queen of Scots. The play consists of five acts, each divided into several scenes. The play had its premi re in Weimar, Germany on 14 June 1800. The play formed the basis... Read Full Overview

Schiller's play of 1800 pits Mary Queen of Scots against her rival Elizabeth of England. The meeting never happened, but Goethe claimed 'It will be good to see those whores alongside each other.' Schiller's Mary redeems her youthful crimes through an ordeal that lifts her into... Read Full Overview

'Scotland may be a savage nation, Lady, but the English wash their hands in blood.'

Many have told the tragic tale of Mary Queen of Scots - it is irresistible - but none more powerfully than Friedrich Schiller. Like Mary Stuart herself and the legends which pursued her to her death, Schiller's drama continues to captivate the modern imagination nearly two centuries... Read Full Overview

Schiller was profoundly shaken by the failure of the French Revolution and devoted many of his greatest works to debating the true nature of freedom. Here, in scenes alternating between the palace of Westminster and the prison at Fotheringhay, he shows us a captive heroine rising... Read Full Overview

P'esa velikogo nemeckogo dramaturga F.Shillera na sjuzhet iz istorii Anglii 16 veka napisana v 1801 godu i vot uzhe na protjazhenii dvuh stoletij ne shodit so scenicheskih podmostkov vsego mira, vnov' i vnov' predlagaja avtorskuju traktovku davnih sobytij. P'esa "Marija Stjuart"... Read Full Overview

Reprint of the original, first published in 1853.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1853.

Mar a Estuardo de Schiller nos cuenta el dilema de la reina Isabel I de Inglaterra sobre ratificar con su firma la sentencia de muerte de su prima Mar a Estuardo que ya ha sido juzgada y condenada por un tribunal por conspirar para el asesinato de la soberana e intentar ocupar... Read Full Overview