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    Fiesco's Conspiracy at Genoa

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    Author(s)
    Schiller, Friedrich
    Contributor(s)
    Guthrie, John (editor)
    Collection
    ScholarLed
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    Within two years of the success of his first play Die Räuber on the German stage in 1781, Schiller wrote a drama based on a rebellion in sixteenth century Italy, its title: The Conspiracy of Fiesco at Genoa. A Republican Tragedy. At the head of the conspiracy stood Gian Luigi deâ Fieschi (1524-1547), Schillerâ s Count Fiesco, a clever, courageous and charismatic figure, an epicurean and unhesitant egoist, politically ambitious, but unsure of his aims and principles. He is one of Schillerâ s mysterious, protean characters who secures both our admiration and disgust. With Fiesco as tragic hero Schiller examines the complex entanglement of morality and politics in his own times that was to preoccupy him throughout his career. The play was a moderate success when performed in Mannheim in 1784; it was more popular in Berlin, where during Schillerâ s lifetime, it was performed many times in a version by Carl Plümicke, which however radically altered the playâ s meaning. There have been some noteworthy productions on the German stage and television, even if it has remained somewhat in the shadow of Schillerâ other works. In the English-speaking world it is all but unknown and very seldom performed. This translation aims to remedy that oversight.
    URI
    http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30327
    Keywords
    fiesco; conspiracy; friedrich schiller; translation; genoa; play; drama; Lavagna; Republic of Genoa
    DOI
    10.11647/OBP.0058
    ISBN
    9781783740420
    OCN
    913570904
    Publisher
    Open Book Publishers
    Publisher website
    https://www.openbookpublishers.com/
    Publication date and place
    2015
    Series
    Open Book Classics,
    Classification
    Theatre studies
    Literary studies: plays and playwrights
    Pages
    150
    Public remark
    Relevant Wikipedia pages: Fiesco (play) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesco_(play); Friedrich Schiller - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller; Genoa - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa; Lavagna - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavagna; Republic of Genoa - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa
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    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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