Wilhelm Tellspiele (Story of William Tell)

Last night the class went to see an open-air theater production of the story of William Tell. Most people know William Tell as the gy who shot the apple off of someone’s head, but in Switzerland there is a whole narrative around it about how William Tell started the revolution that eventually founded Switzerland, so he is a hero. Basically the (brief) story is: Austria invades Switzerland and takes over William Tell’s village. The leader of the army puts his hat on a pole in the middle of the

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