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Friedrich Schiller’s William Tell is an 1804 German drama based on the legend of Swiss archer William Tell, set against the backdrop of the medieval Swiss movement towards independence from the Habsburg Empire. Schiller, a historian, was inspired by his wife, Lotte, who knew something of Swiss history and legend, to write the play.
Summary. A storm is rising on Lake Lucerne. The ferryman makes his boat fast to the shore as villager Conrad Baumgarten rushes up, pursued by the soldiers of the tyrannous governor,...
Wilhelm Tell (niem. Wilhelm Tell) – ostatni ukończony dramat Friedricha Schillera z 1804 roku. Historia opowiada o legendarnym szwajcarskim strzelcu wyborowym, Wilhelmie Tellu i jego walce z habsburską monarchią we wczesnym okresie XIV wieku.
William Tell, verse drama in five acts by German dramatist Friedrich Schiller, published and produced in 1804 as Wilhelm Tell. During the 15th century, in the Swiss canton of Uri, the legendary hero Wilhelm Tell leads the people of the forest cantons in rebellion against tyrannical Austrian rule.
Wilhelm Tell – legendarna postać szwajcarskiego bohatera narodowego. Za rodzinne strony Wilhelma Tella uważa się miejscowość Bürglen w szwajcarskim kantonie Uri. Szwajcar nie chciał ukłonić się przed symbolem władzy cesarskiej, za co został ukarany przez austriackiego starostę Hermanna Gesslera.
William Tell (German: Wilhelm Tell, German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈtɛl] ⓘ) is a drama written by Friedrich Schiller in 1804. The story focuses on the legendary Swiss marksman William Tell as part of the greater Swiss struggle for independence from the Habsburg Empire in the early 14th century.
William Tell (German: Wilhelm Tell, pronounced [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈtɛl] ⓘ; French: Guillaume Tell; Italian: Guglielmo Tell; Romansh: Guglielm Tell) is a folk hero of Switzerland. According to the legend, Tell was an expert mountain climber and marksman with a crossbow who assassinated Albrecht Gessler , a tyrannical reeve of the Austrian dukes of ...
