Translator’s Note

Maria Stuart is the fifth and final volume of a series of translations of Friedrich Schiller’s major plays made freely available by Open Book Publishers. This translation, like the others, is intended for students at college level and for the general reader. It is accompanied by an introduction that gives context, by a ‘Short Life of Mary Stuart’, and by Notes that make an old text less obscure. Schiller’s Maria Stuart is loved and esteemed for its finely balanced dramatic economy, for its de..