What is The Maid of Orleans?
'''The Maid of Orleans''' is an 1801 play by [[Friedrich Schiller]] based on the [[life]] of [[Joan of Arc]]. It includes the sentence “against [[stupidity]] the gods themselves contend in vain” which was later used by [[Isaac Asimov]] when naming his book [[The Gods Themselves]]. [[Category:German plays]] [[Category:19th-century plays]] [[Category:1800s works]] {{performing-arts-stub}}