Götz von Berlichingen

Götz von Berlichingen, drama in five acts by J.W. von Goethe, published in 1773 and performed in 1774. The pseudo-Shakespearean tragedy was the first major work of the Sturm und Drang movement. Intending the play as a drama to be read rather than performed, Goethe published it as a shortened version of his drama Urgötz oder Die Geschichte Gottfriedens von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand dramatisiert (1771; “The Dramatized Story of Gottfried von Berlichingen with...