This 10th century nun at the German monastery of Gandersheim is one of the first medieval dramatists who historians know by name.
This 10th century nun at the German monastery of Gandersheim is one of the first medieval dramatists who historians know by name. It is not known whether Gandersheim's nuns ever performed her six plays, which draw heavily on the writing of the Roman comedian Terence, but modern productions show that it was possible. Many of her plays, unsurprisingly involve women in leading roles, like the three virgins in Dulcitius (dool-SEE-shuhs). FTP, name this nun, whose Paphnutius inspired Anatole France's novel and, indirectly, Massenet's opera.
This 10th century nun at the German monastery of Gandersheim is one of the first medieval dramatists who historians know by name.
{Hrotsvitha} (Ros-VEE-tha) or {Hroswitha} or {Hrotsvit}