A side plot concerns the governorship of Flanders, which is given to the Duke de Alva, but the central scheme is for the title character to win Elizabeth de Valois.
This drama was based on a historical novel of the same name by the Abbe de Saint-Real. Domingo the confessor proves the source of some damaging information, which is obtained after a spurned Princess de Eboli agrees to be the king's mistress. A side plot concerns the governorship of Flanders, which is given to the Duke de Alva, but the central scheme is for the title character to win Elizabeth de Valois. In this he is helped by his friend the Marquis de Posa, the true hero, who vainly sacrifices his own life. FTP, name this 1787 drama about the titular Spanish prince, a work by Friedrich Schiller.
This drama was based on a historical novel of the same name by the Abbe de Saint-Real.
{Don Carlos}