Friedrich von Schiller – författare

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This collection includes: Life of Schiller by Calvin Thomas and such works by Schiller as Death of Wallenstein, William Tell, excerpts from The Thirty Years'' War, poetry, and Correspondence with Goethe. The German Classics Of The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries, Volume 3, edited by Kuno Francke.

Elizabeth I of England is threatened by the survival of her Catholic cousin, Mary Stuart. Wrestling with her own conscience, the Queen agonizes over Mary's fate, amidst fears for her own life. Court intrigue has never been more gripping than in this "e;acute study in the art of double-dealing politics."e; (The New York Times)Includes an interview with Jane Dunn, author of Elizabeth & Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens.Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in December 2006.Directed by Rosalind AyresProducing Director Susan Albert LoewenbergSheelagh Cullen as Hanna KennedyKenneth Danziger as Amias Paulet Seamus Dever as MortimerJill Gascoine as ElizabethMatt Gaydos as O'KellyMartin Jarvis as Lord BurleighAlex Kingston as Mary StuartChristopher Neame as William DavisonAlan Shearman as Melvil W. Morgan Sheppard as George TalbotSimon Templeman as Robert DudleyAssociate Producer: Brendon Fox; Recording Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer: Mark Holden; Sound Effects Artist: Tony Palermo; Stage Manager: Erica Christensen; Music Supervisor: Scott Willis.Dedicated to the memory of Susan Raab Simonson.