Medieval Theatre
A nun who rewrote Roman plays with Christian themes.
Who is Hrosvitha?
The primary institution that survived the fall of Rome and influenced medieval theatre.
What is the Catholic church?
The name of the play we learned about during this lesson.
What is Dulcitius?
A small, kiosk-like structure used as scene-specific backdrop.
What is a mansion?
The two main types of Church-inspired drama that emerged?
What is Liturgical and Vernacular drama?
During the Dark Ages, the Church played this crucial role in education.
What is controlled education, with only priests and clerks being literate?
The name of the nun who wrote Dulcitius.
Who is Hrosvitha?
This type of stage was used to perform plays in different locations?
What is a wagon?
This type of play focused on teaching life lessons rather than biblical stories?
What is a Morality Play?
Liturgical dramas were performed here.
What is inside churches?
Hrosvitha is a nun from this country.
What is Germany?
Medieval staging differed from Greek theatre in what way?
What is "the audience is lower than the stage".
The purpose of these types of plays was to present biblical events chronologically.
What is a Cycle play?
The language Vernacular dramas were performed in.
What is the local language?
Explain the way the 2 older sisters in the play Dulcitius pass and what is so miraculous about their deaths.
What is they are burnt at the stake and miraculously their clothes remain intact preserving their virtue.
BONUS DULCITIUS QUESTION:
List the names of the 3 sisters in the play.
Who are:
Chionia
Agape
Irena
This determined which Mystery play a guild would perform.
What is relation to their craft?
How the guilds used Mystery plays for commercial purposes.
What is to advertise their goods?
Explain what happens to the youngest daughter when they try to take her to a brothel.
What is she is spirited away to a mountain top?
The typical length of Morality plays.
What is a one-act?