The article analyzes works by Sixt Birck, a popular Reformation humanist and teacher, an author of 11 dramatic pieces on the Biblical themes. His school of drama is analyzed in the light of contemporary theater tradition. In this way the authors study content and aims of the Protestant theater, arguing that it was an instrument of confessional propaganda. Particular attention is paid to the idea of biblical drama, which was described by Martin Luther in his introductions to several Old Testament books in the edition of 1534. Birck himself was strictly influenced by Swiss Reformation, but most part of his life worked in St. Anna gymnasium in Augsburg and taught social elites both socially and religiously by means of theatrical performances as well as dramatic works. The authors illustrate how Birck approached main didactic tasks of confessional preaching on the example of his Judith in both German (1534) and Latin (1539) editions. In particular, attention is paid on evolution of religious didactics of the fist text into republican apology and anti-Turkish propaganda in the second one.

В статье рассматривается творчество известного драматурга эпохи Реформации, создателя жанра «школьной драмы» Сикста Бирка в контексте современной ему традиции. На примере текста драмы «Юдифь» (в немецкой и латинской редакциях) авторы иллюстрируют способы решения драматургом основных (в первую очередь, дидактических) задач протестантских текстов.