acquaint the public with them in this way, but rather to give his dramatic character expertiments an historically plausible background. The theatrical effect of likelihood was more important to him than historical truth per se. Schiller makes this view very clear in his postscript to the stage version, and it is also the reason why he presents a very free interpretation of the conspiracy and Fiesco's death. I expect to soon come to grips with the history, since I am not his (Fiesco’s) chronicler, and as far as I am concerned, a single, great surge in the breasts of my audience caused by my daring fabrication makes up for any rigidly historical precision. Literature Matthias Luserke-Jaqui: Friedrich Schiller. (A. Francke), Tübingen, Basel 2005 Rüdiger Safranski: Friedrich Schiller oder Die Erfindung des Deutschen Idealismus. (Hanser), München 2004, External links (English translation) Fiesco's Conspiracy at Genoa (English translation by Flora Kimmich) 1783 plays Plays by Friedrich Schiller Plays set in Italy Plays set in the 16th century German plays adapted into films Plays based on actual events