This character says, “First of all, forget about [the war]” at the beginning of a condensed translation by Robert Pinsky commissioned by the Shakespeare Theatre Company. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this character who appears in a dramatic trilogy whose uncut form takes 10 hours to perform. That trilogy about this character includes The Piccolomini and a play about this character’s “Camp.”
ANSWER: Albrecht von Wallenstein [or Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland; or Albrecht von Waldstein; accept the Wallenstein trilogy or Wallenstein’s Camp or Wallensteins Lager]
[10m] The author of the Wallenstein trilogy was inspired by Johann Anton Leisewitz’s play Julius of Taranto to write this play. This Sturm und Drang play focuses on the conflict between the brothers Karl and Franz Moor.
ANSWER: The Robbers [or Die Räuber]
[10e] In 2008, Jason Grote adapted this author’s play Maria Stuart into the play Maria/Stuart. This author of the Wallenstein trilogy wrote The Robbers and the poem “Ode to Joy.”
ANSWER: Friedrich Schiller [or Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller]
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