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| 4 | ''Wallenstein'' is a play by [[UsefulNotes/DichterAndDenker German author Friedrich Schiller]], which he finished in 1799. The play consists of the parts "Wallenstein's Camp", "The Piccolomini" and "Wallenstein's Death". Often, the first two parts are merged. |
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| 6 | The play tells the story of the eponymous general Wallenstein who fought for the [[UsefulNotes/HolyRomanEmpire Holy Roman Emperor]] in the UsefulNotes/ThirtyYearsWar. Wallenstein had raised an enormous (for this time) army of mercenaries and became so powerful that the other German princes were afraid of him. |
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| 10 | %%* TheAstrologer: Seni, working for Wallenstein. |
| 11 | * EqualOpportunityEvil: Men from many nations fight for Wallenstein. TruthInTelevision. |
| 12 | %%* AFatherToHisMen: Wallenstein. |
| 13 | * ForegoneConclusion: The second part of the play is named "Wallenstein's Death". |
| 14 | * GreyAndGrayMorality: Who's really better, Wallenstein and the emperor, or the Swedes, Protestants and Frenchmen? |
| 15 | * HaveAGayOldTime: "Life is earnest, art is gay." from ''Wallenstein's Camp'' (not that {{Camp}}.) |
| 16 | %%* HazyFeelTurn: [[spoiler:Wallenstein]] |
| 17 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Most of them, except the bit characters, and Max Piccolomini. |
| 18 | * LoveInterest: Thekla, Wallenstein's daughter, for Max Piccolomini. |
| 19 | * ManipulativeBastard: Terzky and Illo. They make all the officers sign a paper, swearing they'll stay loyal to Wallenstein. [[spoiler:The paper supposedly contains a clause that they'll have to stay loyal to the emperor too, but then the officers are made drunk and get a different paper to sign, which doesn't mention the emperor.]] |
| 20 | %%* TheMole: [[spoiler:Piccolomini senior.]] |
| 21 | * MrExposition: Questenberg, servant of the Holy Roman Emperor. Wallenstein lampshades: "Spare us telling us from the newspapers / what we witnessed ourselves in horror!" |
| 22 | %%* PrivateMilitaryContractors: He leads an army of those. |
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