TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schiller, Friedrich
ED  - Guthrie, John
AB  - Within two years of the success of his first play Die RÃ¤uber on the German stage in 1781, Schiller wrote a drama based on a rebellion in sixteenth century Italy, its title: The Conspiracy of Fiesco at Genoa. A Republican Tragedy. At the head of the conspiracy stood Gian Luigi deâ   Fieschi (1524-1547), Schillerâ  s Count Fiesco, a clever, courageous and charismatic figure, an epicurean and unhesitant egoist, politically ambitious, but unsure of his aims and principles. He is one of Schillerâ  s mysterious, protean characters who secures both our admiration and disgust. With Fiesco as tragic hero Schiller examines the complex entanglement of morality and politics in his own times that was to preoccupy him throughout his career. The play was a moderate success when performed in Mannheim in 1784; it was more popular in Berlin, where during Schillerâ  s lifetime, it was performed many times in a version by Carl PlÃ¼micke, which however radically altered the playâ  s meaning. There have been some noteworthy productions on the German stage and television, even if it has remained somewhat in the shadow of Schillerâ   other works. In the English-speaking world it is all but unknown and very seldom performed. This translation aims to remedy that oversight.
DO  - 10.11647/OBP.0058
ID  - OAPEN ID: 646675
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 913570904
ID  - OAPEN ID: 2054-216X/2054-2178;2054-216X/2054-216X;2514-
ID  - OAPEN ID: http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30327
KW  - fiesco
KW  - conspiracy
KW  - friedrich schiller
KW  - translation
KW  - genoa
KW  - play
KW  - drama
KW  - Lavagna
KW  - Republic of Genoa
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30327/1/646675.pdf
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30327/1/646675.pdf
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30327/1/646675.pdf
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30327/1/646675.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/33991
PB  - Open Book Publishers
PY  - 2015
SN  - 9781783740420
TI  - Fiesco's Conspiracy at Genoanull
ER  - 
