Fiesco's Conspiracy at Genoa

• Main Author: Friedrich Schiller (auth)
• Other Authors: John Guthrie (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Open Book Publishers
• Subjects: theatre; drama; literature; English translations; translation
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Within two years of the success of his first play Die Räuber 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 de' Fieschi (1524...