This collection includes plays that form the core of Schiller's creative legacy: ‘Intrigue and Love,’ ‘The Robbers,’ ‘Mary Stuart,’ and ‘William Tell.’ Besides their countless literary merits, they are interesting because, written during a time when classicism was universally triumphant, they are precursors of the legendary German Romanticism. Vivid and multifaceted characters, devoid of classical simplicity, turbulent passions, dangerous and dramatic adventures of the characters, and the extreme intensity of the conflicts – it's difficult to imagine how innovative Schiller's plays must have seemed in his time.