Ein treuer Diener seines Herrn

A five-act tragedy centers on a faithful courtier whose unwavering loyalty collides with court politics, family tensions, and popular unrest as the king prepares to depart with his army to uphold the realm's rights. Action alternates between intimate domestic scenes and public councils, revealing strained bonds among the monarch, his queen and child, a duke, advisers, and the steward with his wife. Through confrontations, counsel, and moral dilemmas, the drama examines duty, conscience, and the human cost of obedience, showing how personal fidelity can be tested and transformed by political necessity and conflicting loyalties.