Chapter VII Theater Poet in Mannheim
Mannheim in 1783—Dalberg and his theater—The situation on Schiller’s arrival—Letter to Frau von Wolzogen—Contract with Dalberg—Illness and disappointments—Pecuniary troubles—‘Fiesco’ on the stage—Triumph of ‘Cabal and Love’—Critical notices—Discourse on the theater—Contract with Dalberg not renewed—Disappointments and distractions—Relations to women—Charlotte von Kalb—The poems ‘Resignation’ and ‘Radicalism of Passion’—A friendly message from Leipzig—Project of the Rhenish Thalia—Honored by the Duke of Weimar—Unhappiness and longing for friendship—Escape from Mannheim.