[272] Virginius; The Hunchback.
[273] A drama entitled Speculum vitae humanae is mentioned as produced by Archduke Ferdinand of the Tirol in 1584.
[274] Susanna (Geistliches Spiel) (1536), &c. Sixt Birk also brought out a play on the story of Susanna, which he had previously treated in a Latin form, in the vernacular (1552).
[275] Siegfried; Eulenspiegel, &c.
[276] Susanna; Vincentius Ladislaus, &c.
[277] Mahomet; Edward III.; Hamlet; Romeo and Juliet, &c.
[278] The Tempest (Ayrer, Comedia v. d. schonen Sidea).
[279] Herr Peter Squenz (Pyramus and Thisbe); Horribilicribrifax (Pistol?).
[280] His son, Christian Gryphius, was author of a curious dramatic summary (or revue) of German history, both literary and political; but the title of this school-drama is far too long for quotation.
[281] One of his aliases was Pickelharnig. In 1702 the electress Sophia is found requesting Leibniz to see whether a more satisfactory specimen of this class cannot be procured from Berlin than is at present to be found at Hanover.