The German term Ordensdrama (“[religious] order drama”) denotes a type of early modern drama in the German Catholic territories that was closely associated in its didactic purpose and conception with the work of cultural construction being done by the religious orders. Alongside Jesuit drama, the theater of the Benedictines acquired importance in the second half of the 17th century, especially at the University of Salzburg [1], and from the early 18th cent…