Schiller’s work "Robbers" is a five act play. The premiere of the play was on January, 13th 1782 and the crowd loved it. "The Parable of the Lost Son" from Luke’s gospel is the background of this story. We have two brothers and the youngest one, Franz Moor, wants to get all of the inheritance, so he tells his father … [Read more...] about The Robbers
Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) was a German poet and play writer. He was also a translator and a magazine editor. In his early years he wanted to become a priest, then he studied law and in the end he became a military doctor.
His first and most famous work are "The Robbers." In this play, Schiller is trying to let us know about good and evil coexisting and that we need to stand up to injustice in any way possible.
After publishing this book, as a military doctor he was forbidden to pursue his literary career, so he ran to Stuttgart where he was free to keep on writing.
He published "Fiasco”, “Don Carlos”, “Intrigue and Love” after “The Robbers” and before he died he went to Weimar where he wrote historical plays “Wallenstein”, “Mary Stuart”, “The Maid of Orleans”, “William Tell” and “The Bride of Messina”.
After a long illness, he passed away in Weimar on May 9th, 1805.