Die Räuber

author:	Friedrich Schiller (1781)
date read:	2006-03-01
pages:	176
lists:	german, stage-play
rating:	★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

Cover of Die Räuber.

Criticising society by telling a tale of bandits, as one does.

Cover of Nathan der Weise.

Nathan der Weise

by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing · published 1779 · read 2010-11-01

★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

If you'd like the moral of the story spelled out, repeatedly, go with Lessing.

Cover of The Threepenny Opera.

The Threepenny Opera

by Bertolt Brecht · published 1928 · read 2011-04-01

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

More bandits in the business of showing up society.