William Tell

About the show

In Schiller's drama, Swiss peasants rebel against the Habsburg governor Gessler. Tell is forced to shoot an apple from his son's head, then escapes custody during a storm and later kills Gessler. The signal of Gessler's death launches a revolt; the people free Bertha and win Ulrich's support. Tell refuses to praise the assassin John, but helps him escape on condition that he atone.