Hrotsvitha

Also Hrot·switha,

[hroht-svee-tah]

noun

1. c935–c1000, German nun, poet, and dramatist.

Example Sentences

“The Martyrdom” tries to stretch out scenes of Hrotsvitha’s play across history to suit its structure, despite the fact that the play’s plot is already pretty anemic, so there’s not enough action to go around.

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With translation by Lizzie Fox and new text by Amanda Keating, “The Martyrdom” is a history lesson, celebrating the legacy of Hrotsvitha, who is considered to be the first female playwright to have her work recorded, by providing a timeline of major incarnations of “Dulcitius.”

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After each section, a fourth-wall-breaking educational moment occurs when the actresses provide more details about Hrotsvitha’s text and its various productions.

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So the show begins in a monastery during Hrotsvitha’s lifetime, where a council or monks reviews the playwright’s work.

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Despite the comic potential of this setup, these works, inspired by the writing of the 10th-century nun and playwright Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim, are neither as funny nor — at two hours and 40 minutes — as snappy as they could be.

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