Comedia von der schönen Sidea

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  • TITLE: Jakob Ayrer (German dramatist)
    ...he first popularized, and it represents his greatest artistic achievement. Sixty-six of his plays are preserved in his Opus Theatricum (1618; “Works of the Theatre”), of which Comedia von der schönen Sidea (c. 1600; “Comedy of the Beautiful Sidea”) is often cited for the affinities it bears to William Shakespeare’s The Tempest.