FRIEDRICH SCHILLER , a German playwright (1759–1805), began writing as an escape during enforced military service. When his first play, The Robbers (1782), was discovered by his superiors, he was forbidden to write. He deserted, living under an assumed name and working as a court playwright and stage manager. Other plays include Intrigue and Love (1784), Don Carlos (1787), Wallenstein’s Camp (1798), The Piccolomini (1799), Wallenstein’s Death (1799), Mary Stuart (1800), Maid of Orleans (1801) and William Tell (1804).
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