Why did Friedrich Schiller leave Demetrius unfinished?

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Friedrich Schiller Friedrich Schiller, painting by Anton Graff, c. 1785.

Friedrich Schiller did not leave his play Demetrius unfinished by choice; rather, his work on the drama was cut short by his death in 1805. While the surviving fragments suggest that the play had the potential to become a masterpiece, Schiller was unable to complete it before he passed away.1