William Tell is considered by most critics to be Schiller’s dramatic masterpiece. It was an immediate success after its premiere at the Weimar Hoftheater on March 17, Schiller directed the.

Sep 15,  · Created by Friedrich Schiller. With Conrad Phillips, Willoughby Goddard, Jennifer Jayne, Richard Rogers. Depicts the legend of William Tell, who, as the stories say, shot an apple off of his son's head and lead the rebellion to free Switzerland/10(6).

Sep 23,  · Warning for those prone to seizures: Bright flashing lights at ! Gioacchino Rossini: William Tell Overture () London Philharmonic, Alfred Scholz.

The Legend of Wilhelm Tell * Hero of Switzerland -Tell put one arrow in his quiver and another in his crossbow, took aim, and shot the apple clean off his son’s head. The legendary national hero of Switzerland, myths and legends. The story is that Tell was the champion of the Swiss in the struggle against Albert II, Duke of Austria. Tell refused to salute the cap of Gessler, Albert's.

When Schiller completed Wilhelm Tell as a "New Year's Gift for " he foretold that it would cause a stir. He was right. In the midst of Great Power politics a play which drew substance from one of the fourteenth-century liberation movements proved both attractive and inflammatory/5(4).

William Tell, verse drama in five acts by German dramatist Friedrich Schiller, published and produced in as Wilhelm Tell. During the 15th century, in the Swiss canton of Uri, the legendary hero Wilhelm Tell leads the people of the forest cantons in rebellion against tyrannical Austrian rule.

Aug 23,  · Directed by Rudolf Dworsky, Rudolf Walther-Fein. With Hans Marr, Conrad Veidt, Erich Kaiser-Titz, Emil Rameau/10(1).

Wilhelm Tell is just an average man in the village, but he is very well-respected for his strengths and skill with the bow & arrow. The country is already trying to figure out how to change the repression of their life-styles, when Tell accidently forgets to bow in submission while he is out walking with his son/5(10).