Schiller the Dramatist: A Study of Gesture in the Plays »

In examining Schiller's often-neglected use of gesture, this study treats his dramas as written to be performed - not merely read.

Acknowledgments ix

List of Abbreviations xi

Introduction 1

1 Schiller's Gestures: Origins and Contexts 13

The Early Plays

2 An Experiment in Theater Die Räuber 49

3 Playing at Politics Die Verschwörung des Fiesko zu Genua 72

4 Violence and Silence in Domestic Tragedy Kabale und Liebe 85

Transition to the Classical Style

5 "The Court Watches and Listens": Gesture in Don Karlos 101

6 "Erweitert jetzt ist des Theaters Enge": Action, Space, and Gesture in the Wallenstein Trilogy 115

Gesture in the Later Plays

7 "Meine Maria wird keine weiche Stimmung erregen": The Two Faces of Classicism in Maria Stuart 135

8 "Nicht meiner Rede, deinen Augen glaube!" Perspective in Die Jungfrau von Orleans 149

9 Chaos in Classicism: Die Braut von Messina oder die feindlichen Brüder Ein Trauerspiel mit Chören 165

10 Wilhelm Tell: The Triumph of Ambivalence 178

Conclusion 189

Works Cited 191

Index 207