Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-02-21

d'e Ierscharoerungftes hesco, "The|f
Conspiracy of Fiesco, work begun
instuttgart during his apprehensions. E
Cabale 'qad Licbe, ('Cabal and Loyes1D
and his first conceptions of DIM
Cartos. Finally IN September, 17sS, +
he abandoned this retreat, in order to
repair to Mannheim, where he became
more intimately connected with the
theatre of that place. 49,, va
lit was characteristic of Schiller,
upon entering a new situation. imme-d
diately- to occupy himself with plans
for widely-extended activity. With
what assiduity he prosecuted the drad !
matte art is apparent from his preface
to the first edition of die Raeuber,
from his essay upon the present Ger
man Theatre in The Wurtemberg
Repertory,3 and from lecture, pub
lished in the first number of ''The
Thalia," upon the question, What (
can good standing theatre effect?' /
He entertained great hopes for the
higher interests of the art in Mann
helm. He had become member of /
the German Society then holding in
the Electorate of the Palatinate, saw |
himself surrounded by men from whom
he expected aapowerful cooperation,
and projected a plan for giving the
theatre in Mannheim a greater degree
of perfection by means of dramatic
society. This idea was not carried
into execution; but Schiller, at least,
made an attempt to accomplish some
thing with this end alone in view, and
devoted thereto part Of the periodi-
cal writing which he undertook, in the
year 1884 called, Rheiaische Thada,
! {,Rhenish Thalia J In the announce
ment of this periodical, he throws
himself, with youthful confidence, into
the arms of tie Public. His words
are as follows:
"All the ties that have hitherto
bound me are now dissolved. The
Public now is all in all to me, my
study, my sovereign, my cohidant
I now belong TO it alone Before this
tribunal and no other shall / stand.
This, only, do | fear and reverence. |
am urged by some strong impulse to
wear no other chain than the sentence
/. of the world-to appeal no more to
any other throne than the human soul.
The author that is not superior to his
works deserves to be ignored by after
ages-and freely l admit that in editing
this "Thalia' my object was to firmly
knit bond of friendship between the
public and myself"
Among other subjects for dramas
that, alternately, gave him occupation
during his residence in Franconia and
Mannheim were, die Geschichte Kon-
-radiias con .SchraJen, ("This History
of Konradin of Swabia,O aud sec
.ond part of die Raewber, designed to
contain an analysis of the dissonances
of his tragedy At that time, more
over, there occurred to his mind the
idea of preparing Shakspeares
"Macbeth" and ''Timon" for the Ger
man stage, but he, finally, resolved
upon Don Carlos, some scenes of which
appeared in the first number of ''The
| Thalia.
The reading of these scenes at the
Landgrave's court in Hesse-Darm-
stadt, gave Schiller an opportunity of
becoming acquainted with the reigning
Duke of Sake Weimar-who was
present on that occasion-and was APP
pointed by him to the council This
mark of respect, of course, gave Schii-
Ter great encouragement, and, later,
was productive of results most impor-.
tant to him. r al
In March of the year 1873, he went
to Leipsic. Here awaited him friends
whom he had won by his earlier pro-
auctions, and whom he found in a hap
py state of mind. Among these friends
was the prematurely deceased Huber.
Schiller himself became cheerful, and
passed some months of the summer at
Gohlis-a village near Leipsic-in the
midst of a joyous circle, D1s Lied an
de Frcade, (''The Song to Pleasure, }
was composed at that time.
j At the close of the summer of 17S5,
/ Schiller took up his abode in Dresden,
and continued to reside there till July,
1877. Not only was Don Carlos CON-
pleted here. but it, likewise, assumed
: an entire new form He often regret
ted that he had published isolated
scenes in The Thalia, before the
whole was perfected. During the per-
Torrance of this work, he himself had
made considerable improvement, he
had become more rigidly exacting, and
was no better satisfied with the original
plan than with the execution of the
first scenes presented to the public.
The Translator begs leave to state
that he regrets that, owing to the