The Robbers
Play by Friedrich Schiller / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the 1962 Spanish film, see The Robbers (film). For other uses, see Robber (disambiguation).
"Die Räuber" redirects here. For the opera, see Die Räuber (opera).
The Robbers (Die Räuber, German pronunciation: [diː ˈʁɔʏbɐ] ⓘ) is the first dramatic play by German playwright Friedrich Schiller. The play was published in 1781 and premiered on 13 January 1782 in Mannheim, Germany, and was inspired by Leisewitz's earlier play Julius of Taranto. It was written towards the end of the German Sturm und Drang ("Storm and Stress") movement, and many critics, such as Peter Brooks, consider it very influential in the development of European melodrama.[1] The play astounded its Mannheim audience and made Schiller an overnight sensation. It later became the basis for Verdi's opera of the same name, I masnadieri.