Actio Curiosa
An anonymous seventeenth century Hungarian dramatic work. No author has been identified in the documented record.
- Original byline
- Anonymous
- Published
- Date not recorded
- Form
- Plays
- Authorship
- Still unknown
- Reason for anonymity
- Unrecorded
- Copyright
- Public domain
- Reference
- Wikipedia · Wikidata
The authorship story
Actio Curiosa is a seventeenth century dramatic piece from Hungary, a satirical dialogue centered on the blunt squire Gaude. It survives without an author's name, and scholarship has not produced a documented identification. Like much early modern drama written for occasion rather than print celebrity, it circulated without a byline and the question of who wrote it was never settled. Its authorship status is recorded here as unknown.
Questions readers ask
Who wrote Actio Curiosa?
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