Maria Stuart:
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Beteilige Person: Schiller, Friedrich 1759-1805 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere beteiligte Personen: Kimmich, Flora (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, UK Open Book Publishers [2020]
Schriftenreihe:Open Book classics series vol. 12
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Links:https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/38971
https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0217
Abstract:Maria Stuart, described as Schiller's most perfect play, is a finely balanced, inventive account of the last day of the captive Queen of Scotland, caught up in a great contest for the throne of England after the death of Henry VIII and over the question of England's religious confession. Hope for and doubt about Mary's deliverance grow in the first two acts, given to the Scottish and the English queen respectively, reach crisis at the center of the play, where the two queens meet in a famous scene in a castle park, and die away in acts four and five, as the action advances to its inevitable end. The play is at once classical tragedy of great fineness, costume drama of the highest order--a spectacle on the stage--and one of the great moments in the long tradition of classical rhetoric, as Elizabeth's ministers argue for and against execution of a royal prisoner. Flora Kimmich's new translation carefully preserves the spirit of the original: the pathos and passion of Mary in captivity, the high seriousness of Elizabeth's ministers in council, and the robust comedy of that queen's untidy private life. Notes to the text identify the many historical figures who appear in the text, describe the political setting of the action, and draw attention to the structure of the play. Roger Paulin's introduction discusses the many threads of the conflict in Maria Stuart and enriches our understanding of this much-loved, much-produced play
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 120 Seiten)
ISBN:9781783749836
9781783749843
9781783749850
9781783749867
1783749830
DOI:10.11647/OBP.0217