Mary Stuart: A Tragedy

by Friedrich Schiller from 1800

About

Schiller's 1800 play dramatizes the final days of Mary Queen of Scots, from her trial through her execution, with a celebrated invented confrontation between Mary and Elizabeth I at its center. Schiller makes no claim to historical accuracy — the two queens never met — but uses the confrontation to stage a debate about legitimacy, suffering, and the exercise of power. Mary is presented as spiritually free even in imprisonment; Elizabeth as powerful but emotionally enslaved. The play was immediately recognized as a masterpiece of German dramatic literature and remains one of Schiller's most performed works internationally.

Translated from the original German.

Tragedy Romantic Intense Solemn Moving Passionateen

Mary Stuart: A Tragedy

Characters: 21
Words: 24.8k
Acts: 5
Duration: ~3 hr 6 min

Characters

#CharacterPlayerLines

1

MARY STUART

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154

2

SIR EDWARD MORTIMER

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129

3

ELIZABETH

—

113

4

BURLEIGH

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105

5

LEICESTER

—

100

6

SIR AMIAS PAULET

—

74

7

HANNAH KENNEDY

—

53

8

SIR ANDREW MELVIL

—

39

48 sections

24.8k words

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Act I

1

Act I. Scene I.

9927:26

2

Act I. Scene II.

8076:03

3

Act I. Scene III.

920:41

4

Act I. Scene IV.

8336:15

5

Act I. Scene V.

80:04

6

Act I. Scene VI.

1.9k14:06

7

Act I. Scene VII.

1.6k12:16

8

Act I. Scene VIII.

7705:47

Act II

9

Act II. Scene I.

2762:04

10

Act II. Scene II.

7665:45

11

Act II. Scene III.

1.5k10:54

12

Act II. Scene IV.

6444:50

13

Act II. Scene V.

3622:43

14

Act II. Scene VII.

1821:22

15

Act II. Scene VIII.

1.9k14:09

16

Act II. Scene IX.

1k7:32

Act III

17

Act III. Scene I.

5153:52

18

Act III. Scene II.

1941:27

19

Act III. Scene III.

3993:00

20

Act III. Scene IV.

1.1k8:00

21

Act III. Scene V.

760:34

22

Act III. Scene VI.

8766:34

23

Act III. Scene VII.

560:25

24

Act III. Scene VIII.

1981:29

Act IV

25

Act IV. Scene I.—Antechamber.

580:26

26

Act IV. Scene II.

3412:33

27

Act IV. Scene III.

3292:28

28

Act IV. Scene IV.

4073:03

29

Act IV. Scene V.

3752:49

30

Act IV. Scene VI.

1.2k8:52

31

Act IV. Scene VII.

1000:45

32

Act IV. Scene VIII.

150:07

33

Act IV. Scene IX.

7845:53

34

Act IV. Scene XI.

4603:27

35

Act IV. Scene XII.

1391:03

Act V

36

Act V. Scene I.

5273:57

37

Act V. Scene II.

1391:03

38

Act V. Scene III.

670:30

39

Act V. Scene IV.

40:02

40

Act V. Scene V.

1260:57

41

Act V. Scene VI.

2762:04

42

Act V. Scene VII.

1.1k8:30

43

Act V. Scene VIII.

1981:29

44

Act V. Scene IX.

1601:12

45

Act V. Scene XII.

420:19

46

Act V. Scene XIII.

4303:14

47

Act V. Scene XIV.

2832:07

48

Act V. Scene XV.

2051:32

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