I must admit laughing a bit when they do the letter-play where Katte drops a letter which Grumbkow picks up and gives to FW, and FW is all "Katte has betrayed me!!" Schiller strikes again, I'm betting! :)
No doubt! But it also follows canon rather closely: don't forget the letter that Fritz writes to Katte during the escape attempt, but forgets to address it to the Katte in Berlin, so it ends up with a different Katte, a cousin in a different part of Germany, who reads it, realizes what's going on, and warns his brother-in-law Rochow, who is Fritz's governor and is on the trip to keep an eye on Fritz. Rochow warns FW, and the misdirected letter ends up in FW's hands a couple days after the escape attempt, either directly from cousin Katte or via Rochow, I forget. Naturally the musical would substitute Grumbkow, because who aside from us in salon would know who Rochow is? ;)
As for betrayal, part of the rationale for the execution was that Katte was part of the Gens d'armes, i.e. FW's personal bodyguard regiment, so it was a betrayal on that level, even if they didn't have that kind of Philip/Rodrigo relationship.
I'm glad you got to see the musical! But this is all I have time to say for now. :)
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Re: Friedrich: Mythos und Tragödie
Date: 2021-01-14 01:30 pm (UTC)No doubt! But it also follows canon rather closely: don't forget the letter that Fritz writes to Katte during the escape attempt, but forgets to address it to the Katte in Berlin, so it ends up with a different Katte, a cousin in a different part of Germany, who reads it, realizes what's going on, and warns his brother-in-law Rochow, who is Fritz's governor and is on the trip to keep an eye on Fritz. Rochow warns FW, and the misdirected letter ends up in FW's hands a couple days after the escape attempt, either directly from cousin Katte or via Rochow, I forget. Naturally the musical would substitute Grumbkow, because who aside from us in salon would know who Rochow is? ;)
As for betrayal, part of the rationale for the execution was that Katte was part of the Gens d'armes, i.e. FW's personal bodyguard regiment, so it was a betrayal on that level, even if they didn't have that kind of Philip/Rodrigo relationship.
I'm glad you got to see the musical! But this is all I have time to say for now. :)