found: Dorothea, 2019:title page (Balthasar Thamm) back cover (originally published in 1594)
found: Wikisource, May 9, 2019(Thamm, Balthasar; playwright of the 16th century; born in Rosswein; after completion of theological studies, he attended the poetry school in Regensburg for three years and was educated by Rochlitz, where he had been cantor since 1585; in 1591, on recommendation of the captain Heinrich v. Bünau zu Rochlitz, he became Cantor and Collega to the Gymnasium zu Altenburg; he held this office, which also obliged him to teach poetry, until 1595, when he became pastor in Nägelstädt; he died there in 1611; in 1594 he wrote for the birthday party of the Duchess of Saxony Dorothea Maria, a born princess of Anhalt, "Tragicomödia. Ein schön Christliches Spiel von der Gottseligen züchtigen Jungfrawen Dorothea, Welche unter dem Keyser Maximino zu Alexandria die Kron der Martyrer empfangen“; the piece was published in Leipzig in 1595 and was printed there by Abraham Lamberg; the performance took place at the princely castle at Altenburg, but not, as originally intended, on the Duchess's birthday; the author calls himself Thammius on the title page and at the end of the dedication)
found: Poets Laureate in the Holy Roman Empire, 2011:page 2072 (Balthasar Thamm (d.1611); cantor and teacher at the school in Altenburg in 1595; is recorded as the author of Tragicomoedia. Ein schön christliches Spiel von der Gottseligen züchtigen Jugfrawn Dorothea...Beschrieben und agiret auff dem Fürstlichen Schloss zu Aldenburg (Leipzig: A. Lamberg, 1595); it is not know if he is related to Balthasar Thamm (1587-1653), judge and syndic of the archdiocese of Magdeburg and Poeta Laureatus; they may have been father and son)
found: DNB, May 9, 2019(Thamm, Balthasar, -1611; born in Rosswein; died in 1611; teacher, cantor, minister, playwright; Dt. ev. theologian, pedagogue, poet; Cantor and teacher in Rochlitz as well as at the Gymnasium Altenburg; 1595 Pastor in Nägelstedt; other names: Tham, Balthasar; Thammius, Balthasar; Thamme, Balthasar; Thammius, Balthasarus)
