Production and Spectacle - 14th and 15th Centuries
Cycle Plays
Mixed Bag
100
The church banned all forms of drama around 476. Actors who still performed were denied this sacrament.
Communion
100
The name for the staging/scenery set around different places in the sanctuary.
Sedes or mansions
100
The three places that the mansions represented
Heaven, Earth and Hell
100
The three forms of drama that evolved during this time.
Mystery plays, miracle plays, morality plays.
100
The two main types of secular drama in the Middle Ages
Farce and interludes
200
The fall of this Empire in 476 led to the start of the change in theatre.
Roman Empire
200
The name for the actual acting area.
Platea.
200
What did the church show in their plays that the Ancient Greeks did not show?
Violence (through religious battles)
200
The name for the town councils that hired the directors, who would then run the shows.
Guilds
200
Why did new forms of drama develop?
An increased interest in classical learning
300
What were the new types of scenes performed by priests in Western Europe about different Bible stories called?
Tropes.
300
By the 14th/15th centuries, all parts in the scenes were performed by this type of people.
Laymen.
300
The two ways in which productions were presented in England.
Rounds and pageant wagons.
300
True or false: During this time, actors were professionals and did not have any other jobs.
False
300
This ruler forbade religious plays.
Queen Elizabeth I of England
400
The scenes were performed at what three points in the liturgical year?
Christmas, Advent and Easter.
400
Where were the productions moved to when they became too big for the inside of the church?
The porch adjoining the west side.
400
Another name for special effects during this time
Secrets
400
The name of the main figure in morality plays
Everyman
400
This type of play was presented in France, Germany and England.
Farce
500
The church scenes were originally performed in _________, but later changed to be the language of whatever country they were performed in.
Latin
500
After the 14th century, separate groups formed to perform church plays. Each group had these three things.
Patron saint, priest, chapel.
500
What tone did the plays have by the 16th century?
Comical
500
This type of play gave instructions on how to live your life.
Morality plays
500
True or false: One of the reasons for the decline of the church's involvement in theatre was that the social structure was changing in the the communities were not as effective in their presentations.