What is Don Carlos (play)?
{{Infobox Play |name = Don Carlos |image = Dom_Carlos_1787.jpg |image_size = |caption = |writer = Friedrich von Schiller |chorus = |characters = [[Carlos, Prince of Asturias]]<br>[[Philip II of Spain]]<br>[[Duke of Alba]]<br>[[Elisabeth of Valois]]<br>[[Princess of Eboli]]<br>Marquis of Posa |mute = |setting = Spanish Court at Aranjuez |premiere = |place = |orig_lang = German |series = |subject = conflict between Don Carlos and his father, King Philip II |genre = historical drama |web = |playbill = |ibdb_id = }} '''''Don Carlos''''' ({{lang-de|Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien}}) is a historical [[tragedy]] in five acts by [[Friedrich Schiller]]. It was written between 1783 and 1787. The main person in the play is [[Carlos, Prince of Asturias]]. The play is about historical events in the 16th century under the reign of king [[Philip II of Spain]]. The play was very different from the earlier ones that Schiller had written. It was written in [[iambic]] verse. It is a story about intrigue and misunderstanding. In the play, Don Carlos loves his father's wife Elisabeth. The queen's lady-in-waiting Eboli loves Carlos. In the end, the [[Inquisition]] deliver a death sentence on Carlos. Several [[opera]]s have been composed on the basis of the play, including ''[[Don Carlos]]'' (also known as ''Don Carlo'') by [[Giuseppe Verdi]]. {{Commonscat|Don Carlos (Friedrich Schiller)}} [[Category:German plays]] [[Category:18th-century plays]] [[Category:1780s works]]