The influence of Shakespeare is more or less obvious in all of Schiller's later dramas. Aside from the splendid rhetoric of the monologues, the character of Countess Terzky, so similar to that of Lady Macheth, suggests this. But such influence is not so controlling as to be in any respect a reproach to Schiller. Goethe in his generous admiration considered Wallenstein "so great that nothing could be compared with it." "In the imaginative power whereby history is made into drama, in the triumph of artistic genius over a vast and refractory mass of material, and in the skill with which the character of the hero is conceived and denoted, _Wallenstein_ is unrivaled. Its chief figure is by far the stateliest and most impressive of German tragic heroes." [22] * * * * * THE DEATH OF WALLENSTEIN DRAMATIS PERSONÆ WALLENSTEIN, _Duke of Friedland, Generalissimo of the Imperial Forces in the Thirty Years' War_. DUCHESS OF FRIEDLAND, _Wife of Wallenstein_. THEKLA, _her Daughter, Princess of Friedland_. _The_ COUNTESS TERZKY, _Sister of the Duchess_. LADY NEUBRUNN. OCTAVIO PICCOLOMINI, _Lieutenant-General_. MAX PICCOLOMINI, _his son, Colonel of a regiment of Cuirassiers_. COUNT TERZKY, _the Commander of several Regiments, and Brother-in-law of Wallenstein_. ILLO, _Field Marshall, Wallenstein's Confident_. ISOLANI, _General of the Croats_. BUTLER, _an Irishman, Commander of a regiment of Dragoons_. GORDON, _Governor Egra_. MAJOR GERALDIN. CAPTAIN DEVEREUX. CAPTAIN MACDONALD. AN ADJUTANT. NEUMANN, _Captain of Cavalry, Aide-de-Camp to Terzky_. COLONEL WRANGEL, _Envoy from the Swedes_. ROSENBURG, _Master of Horse_. SWEDISH CAPTAIN. SENI. BURGOMASTER _of Egra_. ANSPESSADE _of the Cuirassiers_. GROOM OF THE} _Belonging to_ CHAMBER, } _the Duke_. A PAGE, } _Cuirassiers, Dragoons, Servants_. [Illustration: WALLENSTEIN AND SENI As performed at the Municipal Theatre, Hamburg, 1906.] THE DEATH OF WALLENSTEIN (1800)[23] TRANSLATED BY S.T. COLERIDGE ACT I SCENE I A Room fitted up for astrological labors, and provided with celestial Charts, with Globes, Telescopes, Quadrants, and other mathematical Instruments--Seven Colossal Figures, representing the Planets, each circle in the background, so that Mars and Saturn are nearest the eye.--The remainder of the Scene, and its disposition, is given in the Fourth Scene of the Second Act.--There must be a Curtain over the Figures, which may be dropped, and conceal them on occasion. [_In the Fifth Scene of this Act it must be dropped; but in the Seventh Scene it must be again drawn up wholly or in part._] WALLENSTEIN _at a black Table, on which a Speculum Astrologicum is described with Chalk_. SENI _is taking Observations through a window_. WALLENSTEIN. All well--and now let it be ended, Seni. Come, The dawn commences, and Mars rules the hour. We must give o'er the operation. Come, We know enough. SENI.