Love And Intrigue - Paperback

Love and Intrigue is a play written by German playwright Friedrich von Schiller. It is a tragedy that explores themes of love, class, and power. The story follows the relationship between Ferdinand, a nobleman, and Luise, a middle-class musician's daughter. Despite their love for each other, their relationship is doomed due to the class differences between them and the political machinations of Ferdinand's father, the president. The play also delves into the corruption and hypocrisy of the upper class and the struggle for justice and fairness. Love and Intrigue is a powerful and thought-provoking work that continues to be studied and performed today.PRESIDENT (furiously). Insolent villain! Your impertinence shall procure you a lodging in prison. (To his servants). Call in the officers of justice! Away! (Some of the attendants go out. The PRESIDENT paces the stage with a furious air.) The father shall to prison; the mother and her strumpet daughter to the pillory! Justice shall lend her sword to my rage! For this insult will I have ample amends. Shall such contemptible creatures thwart my plans, and set father and son against each other with impunity? Tremble, miscreants! I will glut my hate in your destruction--the whole brood of you--father, mother, and daughter shall be sacrificed to my vengeance!This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.