Spiegelberg Monologue from The Robbers

From The Robbers by Friedrich Schiller

male · dramatic · 1:01 min

(in a wheedling manner). Yes,--stay--Roller is right. And he must have an enlightened head. Do you understand? A keen, politic head. Yes! when I think what you were only an hour ago, and what you are now, and that it is all owing to one happy thought. Yes, of course, you must have a chief, and you'll own that he who struck out this idea may claim to have an enlightened and politic head? (ROLLER: If one could hope, if one could dream, but I fear he will not consent.) Why not? Speak out boldly, friend! Difficult as it may be to steer a laboring vessel against wind and tide, oppressive as may be the weight of a crown, speak your thought without hesitation, Roller! Perhaps he may be prevailed upon after all!

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