 Like his portrayal of Charlemagne, Notker's depiction of the hunchback inaugurated a long tradition of fictionalizing Pepin as a literary character, with an emphasis on the complex relationship he maintained with his father.The 1972 Broadway musical hit, "Pippin", by Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson, is loosely based on the Pippin the Hunchback of history.In this work, Pippin, who is not a hunchback, has graduated from university and is trying to decide what his life should be about.