Robbers. Play

Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) contemporaries called the poet of freedom and a passionate defender of the human person. Philosopher, art theorist, playwright, author of the famous "Ode to joy" put to music by Beethoven, friend of the great Goethe, he was an exponent of the ideals of the Enlightenment. This book includes the most famous plays of Schiller's "the Robbers", which in the French revolution, Schiller was awarded the honorary title of citizen of the French Republic, and "Intrigue and love" — the story about the tragic fate of young people, noble and simple girl, whose happiness was destroyed by low intrigues. These works are considered the pinnacle of German drama and not depart from the stages around the world for over two centuries. From the performances of last years most popular are "the Robbers", staged by Vasily Barkhatova in the Moscow Theatre named after Pushkin, as well as "Intrigue and love" at St. Petersburg theatre of Europe, where the main roles are played by Elizaveta Boyarskaya and Danila Kozlovsky.