The Plays of Roswitha
by Hrotsvitha
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About This Book
Whatever may be thought of the precise merits of these six short dramas, now translated into English for the first time, it will be conceded that a collection of plays bearing the date of the 10th century, authenticated as the work of a woman, and a nun, is a remarkable phenomenon, interesting to students of monasticism and of the drama alike. The plays are all founded on well-known legends, which Roswitha follows very closely as regards the facts. But she shows great originality in her use of the facts and in her development of characters often merely indicated in the legends. Three of the pl...
Chapters (113)
- The Plays of Roswitha translated by Christopher St. John
- Translator’s Note
- Introduction
- The Plays of Roswitha2
- The Prefaces of Roswitha
- Preface to the Plays of Hrotswitha, German Religious and Virgin of the Saxon Race
- Epistle of the Same to the Learned Patrons of this Book
- Roswitha’s Preface to her Poetical Works
- To Gerberg
- Roswitha’s Preface to the Complete Works
- Gallicanus
- Argument
- Characters in Part I
- Characters in Part II
- Gallicanus—Part I
- Scene I
- Scene II
- Scene III
- Scene IV
- Scene V
- Scene VI
- Scene VII
- Scene VIII
- Scene IX
- Scene X
- Scene XI
- Scene XII
- Scene XIII
- Gallicanus—Part II
- Scene I
- Scene II
- Scene III
- Scene IV
- Scene V
- Scene VI
- Scene VII
- Scene VIII
- Scene IX
- Dulcitius
- Argument
- Characters
- Dulcitius
- Scene I
- Scene II
- Scene III
- Scene IV
- Scene V
- Scene VI
- Scene VII
- Scene VIII
- Scene IX
- Scene X
- Scene XI
- Scene XII
- Scene XIII
- Scene XIV
- Callimachus
- Argument
- Characters
- Callimachus
- Scene I
- Scene II
- Scene III
- Scene IV
- Scene V
- Scene VI
- Scene VII
- Scene VIII
- Scene IX
- Abraham
- Argument
- Characters
- Abraham
- Scene I
- Scene II
- Scene III
- Scene IV
- Scene V
- Scene VI
- Scene VII
- Scene VIII
- Scene IX
- Paphnutius
- Argument
- Characters
- Paphnutius
- Scene I
- Scene II
- Scene III
- Scene IV
- Scene V
- Scene VI
- Scene VII
- Scene VIII
- Scene IX
- Scene X
- Scene XI
- Scene XII
- Scene XIII
- Sapientia
- Argument
- Characters
- Sapientia
- Scene I
- Scene II
- Scene III
- Scene IV
- Scene V
- Scene VI
- Scene VII
- Scene VIII
- Scene IX
- A Note on the Acting of the Plays
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