Studentes

Studentes, comœdia de vita studiosorum
Written byChristoph Stummel
Date premieredc.1545
Original languageNeo-Latin
GenreStudent comedy

Studentes is a theatrical comic interlude in five acts, written 1545 by Christoph Stummel (1525-1588), a 19-year-old student at Alma Mater Viadrina. The full title of the comedy was Studentes, comœdia de vita studiosorum (The Students, a comedy about student life). The play was printed in 1549 by Johann Eichorn, a printer and publisher in Frankfurt (Oder). With his humanistic comedy, Christoph Stummel created the first student comedy and, along the way, founded a genre that today is mainly served in cinemas.[1][2]

  1. ^ Dr. Fritz Richard Lachmann, Die „Studentes“ des Christophorus Stymmelius und ihre Bühne, University Leipzig, 1926, p. 60. (in German)
  2. ^ Ralf-Rüdiger Targiel, Christoph Stummel und die erste Studentenkomödie, UNIon, Nr. 30, Mai 2001, p. 23. (in German)