Liturgical Drama
Mystery Plays
Morality Plays
100
Who is Hrosvitha? What themes did this person focus on?
A Christian nun (considered the 1st female playwright). She wrote on themes of
1)Glorifying Women,
2) Redemption from Sin
100
What are mystery plays?
Dramatized events of Biblical accounts
100
What is a Morality Play
A play that is written to teach a moral or a value
200
What does Quem Quaeritis mean?
Whom do you seek?
200
What is the difference between mystery plays and cycle plays?
A mystery play is one single play about one single story. Cycle plays are a series of mystery plays that run in a cycle
200
The plots of morality plays often dealt with his battle between which two forces?
Good and Evil
300
Explain why Christianity wanted to ban theatre
They believed theatre was a form a pagan worship
300
What is Corpus Christi?
Religious festival where mystery/cycle plays were performed
300
Which trait stayed with Everyman at the very end
Good Deeds
400
What does Quem Quaeritis have to do with Liturgical Drama?
Quem Quaeritis became the foundation for 1000 plays written during this time period
400
What are pageant guilds? What did they have to do with mystery plays? Give an example.
They were groups of people with specific skills. As a guild, they would produce a mystery play using their skills. One example would be the Bakers' Guild producing a production of The Last Supper
400
Describe the plot of Everyman
Everyman is called by Death to go on a journey. He asks various aspects of his life (Family/Kin, Good Deeds, Friendship, Worldly Wealth, etc.) to accompany him on his journey to Judgement. In the end, Good Deeds is the only quality that stays with him.
500
500
Describe how Mystery Plays were performed (where, how, what kind of stage).
Mystery Plays were performed on processional stages that were rolled around town during Corpus Christi in a parade-like-fashion.
500
Describe the plot of Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus makes a deal with the deal. In exchange for his eternal soul, he will get supernatural power and knowledge.