Friedrich Schiller: Don Carlos / Don Karlos

Jeffrey L. High (California State University, Long Beach)

Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien, Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller's drama of forbidden love between stepson and stepmother, a royal family portrait, and a revolutionary philosophical-political debate, is among Schiller's best-known works and was his fourth completed drama in the six years between 1781 and 1787, following the Sturm und Drang dramas Die Räuber [The Robbers, 1781], Die Verschwörung des Fiesko zu Genua [The Rebellion of Fiesco of Genoa, 1783], and Kabale und Liebe [Cabal and Love, 1784]. Composed when Schiller was between eighteen and twenty-eight years old, these four dramas were followed by a period characterized by preoccupation with historical works, journal publications

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First published 20 September 2004

Citation: High, Jeffrey L.. "Don Carlos / Don Karlos". The Literary Encyclopedia. 20 September 2004

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Life, Works and Times

Dates:

1787 (Published)

Places:

Germany (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes:

Play