Act One

Miller just rising from his chair, his wife finishing her coffee. Engraving by Wilhelm Hecht from a woodcut by Heinrich Lossow, Schillers Werke illustrirt von ersten deutschen Künstlern (Leipzig and Stuttgart, 1877). University of Virginia. Image in the public domain. Scene One Room in the Music Master’s house Miller is just rising from his chair and sets his cello aside. His wife sits at a table, still in night dress, drinking her coffee. MILLER (walking rapidly up and down). Once and for al.