The Imperial Play as Final Chapter in the Jesuit Theater in Austria

Authors

Eugene J. Devlin, Saint Peter's College

Abstract

In lieu of an abstract, the first paragraph of the essay follows:

There can be little doubt that the Jesuit humanist theater of the late Renaissance reached its high point in Habsburg Austria of the seventeenth century largely through the dramatic ability of Nicolas Avancini (1612-86). It must be admitted, however, that the Order owed much of its dramatic acclaim to the patronage of the royal house which aspired to make Vienna the fashion for these schoolmen dramatists was certainly not due to any particularly well developed classical humanist dramatic theory, but rather quite often their popularity seems to have been largely a consequence of the moment or the individual ingenuity of a local playwright.¹

Recommended Citation

Devlin, Eugene J. (1989) "The Imperial Play as Final Chapter in the Jesuit Theater in Austria," Comparative Drama: Vol. 23: Iss. 2, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/compdr/vol23/iss2/3