Plays
by Roswitha of Gandersheim
139 pages~2 hrs
“Before the Renaissance, one nun rewrote the rules of the stage.”
Experience the fierce intellect and spiritual passion of the woman who broke a millennium of silence to become the first female playwright of the Western world. These vivid dramas from a tenth-century convent transform sacred history into bold, theatrical masterpieces that still crackle with energy today.
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