The most famous German historical drama in all its versions. Comprehensive documentation on the creation and reception of the play. Detailed commentary on the relationship between history and poetry. Wallenstein is the most famous historical drama in German literature and Schiller's most significant contribution to Weimar Classicism and beyond to world literature. "Schiller's Wallenstein is so great that there is nothing similar of its kind a second time," Goethe said to Eckermann. And when Thomas Mann speaks of a 'monumental work' and literary scholars place the trilogy alongside Goethe's Faust, it reflects the impression that the work is capable of evoking due to its size and uniqueness. The volume not only offers the original versions but also additional versions, variants, and the complete Hamburg theater manuscript.