It was written on the basis of an older tradition in 1715, with minor corrections until 1727, by Father Romuald (Lovrenc Marusič; 1676–1748), a Capuchin friar who lived for a period in the Škofja Loka Capuchin monastery in the town of Škofja Loka.

It belongs to the Baroque period and represents the oldest preserved director's book in the world.

[3] After almost three hundred years, it was presented again in 1936 as part of an exhibition, and revived in 1999, 2000, 2009,[3] and 2015; the next performance is scheduled to be in 2026.

[4] The first two reprisals were directed by Marjan Kokalj, and the latest by Borut Gartner.

[3] Its reprisals in Škofja Loka are the largest open-air theatre productions in Slovenia.