Demetrius (play)

Demetrius
Two handwritten pages from act 1
Written byFriedrich Schiller
Date premiered15 February 1875 (1875-02-15)
Place premieredHoftheater in Weimar
Original languageGerman
GenreHistorical drama

Demetrius (German pronunciation: [deˈmeːtʁiʊs] ⓘ) is an incomplete drama by the German playwright Friedrich Schiller based on the life of Demetrius, briefly Russian czar between 1604 and 1605.[1] It is a reflection on the individual's responsibility in history and on the rule of Napoleon. Schiller worked on the play from 1804 to 1805, but it was left unfinished on his death and was only premiered on 15 February 1857 at the Hoftheater in Weimar.[2]

  1. ^ Hammer, Stephanie Barbé (2001). Schiller's Wound: The Theater of Trauma from Crisis to Commodity. Wayne State University Press. pp. 149–153. ISBN 978-0-8143-2862-0.
  2. ^ Sharpe, Lesley (1991-06-13). Friedrich Schiller: Drama, Thought and Politics. Cambridge University Press. pp. 309–313. ISBN 978-0-521-30817-5.