Die Wiedertäufer von Münster: Drama in 5 Akten

The play stages the violent takeover of a fortified city by a radical religious movement, tracing the ascent of a charismatic leader who prodefines a new Christian order and the fervor that engulfs followers. Public celebrations and prophetic ecstasies alternate with siege scenes, martial returns, and personal visions, while rival authorities and devoted adherents grapple over command and conscience. Through crowded tableaux and tense confrontations the drama explores zeal, messianic claim, communal violence, and the moral and social costs of revolutionary faith.