Jezuitské gymnázium v Spišskej Kapitule
Jesuit College in Spišská Kapitula

Students and School Dramas in the Middle of the 17th Century

Summary/Abstract: Jesuit baroque theatre spread out through the Europe by Jesuit colleges was a high educational and cultural effort in the time of the re-catolicism of the 17th–18th century. In Slovakia, as in other European countries, Jesuit drama had a great importance not just because of the intellectual and cultural struggle with the developed protestant theatre, but also as a way of education giving the important cultural imprint to the following generations. One of the educational centres in the east part of Upper Hungary (today Slovakia) was Spišská Kapitula. The preserved school dramas from Spišská Kapitula college disclose interesting informations about the dramas production, staging, language, spectators, students, teachers and some personalities having in the comming times an influence on the cultural and political development of the region.

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