Wallenstein

Wallenstein, three-part historical drama by Friedrich Schiller, performed in 1798–99 and published in 1800. The three parts consist of a one-act prelude titled Wallensteins Lager (“Wallenstein’s Camp”) and two five-act tragedies, Die Piccolomini and Wallensteins Tod (“Wallenstein’s Death”), written in blank verse. In addition there is a prefatory poem. Schiller’s epic masterpiece penetrates the psychology of Albrecht von Wallenstein, the general of the armies of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years’ War. The...