Wallenstein, Friedrich Schiller’s drama trilogy consisting of the plays Wallensteins Lager, Die Piccolomini and Wallensteins Tod, Ein Trauerspiel in fünf Aufzügen [Wallenstein’s Camp, The Piccolomini, and Wallenstein’s Death. A Play of Mourning in Five Acts, 1800] portrays the betrayal and murder of Bohemian General Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583-1634) during his final three days – at the height of his military and political power. Written in 1798/9, just after the period characterized by Schiller’s preoccupation with historical works, journal publications, aesthetic studies, and his first attack of the illness that eventually proved fatal, Wallenstein marks Schiller’s return to drama after almost a decade, and is the first in a series of five dramas written between 1796 and his death in 1805 – Maria Stuart [Mary Stuart, 1800], Die Jungfrau von...
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Citation: High, Jeffrey L.. "Wallenstein [The Wallenstein Trilogy, Wallenstein's Camp, The Piccolomini, Wallenstein's Death]". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 15 January 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=11151, accessed 05 December 2025.]
