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Staging Luther

Four Plays by Hans Sachs
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The book contains four plays written by Hans Sachs, a troubadour, playwright, shoemaker, and important compatriot and supporter of Martin Luther. Unlike Sachs' well-known poem "The Wittenberg Nightingale" (also included here in a new translation), the plays have not been translated into English until now and will be a boon for researchers and students who can now read them for the first time. The plays are full of scriptural references and are generally written as dialogs between a Luther supporter and a Catholic cleric. Inevitably the Luther supporter wins the argument, but not without some name-calling and strong derision towards the Papist discussant! In addition to the plays, the book provides historical commentary on the importance of Sachs' support of Luther, as well as annotations related to the translation and word choices along with cultural information to support the translations. It is an important scholarly contribution to the ongoing work of reformation scholarship in the English language.
Annis N. Shaver is Professor of German and Linguistics at Cedarville University. Among other activities she sponsors the German Club and coordinates the TESOL certificate program. She has presented at numerous professional conferences, including the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), and The History of Education Society (HES). She has published widely, including in Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, The Journal of Research in Science Teaching, and Journal of Teaching and Teacher Education. Robert Kolb is International Research Emeritus Professor for the Institute of Mission Studies at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. Among his many publications, he is the author of Martin Luther: Confessor of the Faith (2009) and coeditor of The Book of Concord (2001).
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