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Medieval Theatre
Theatre and the Christian Church
The Plays Move Outside the Church
The Cycle Plays
Staging the Medieval Theatre
100
In the Period of Contraction there was little money to go around and support the arts? True or False.
True
100
Started the revival of the theatre in Rome
What is The Christian Church
100
Was theatre popular during the medieval times?
Yes
100
How plays were organized during the Medieval times.
What is Cycles
100
Type of stage that lifts the actors above the audience
What is a Platform Stage
200
There was little or few documentation on Theatre? True or False
True
200
A small call-and-response sequence
What is Trope
200
this type of theatre is a mix of fun and seriousness
What is Vernacular Religious Drama
200
This was largely benefited by the large numbers of people staying, eating, and spending money where the theatre was located
What is the economy
200
Represented the entrance to hell, and resembled a huge tooth-filled maw
What is a Hellmouth
300
An event in which a group of men would disguise themselves and parade to a private house where gambling and drinking occurred.
What was Mumming?
300
Plays performed within the church
What is Liturgical Drama
300
Passion based, Mystery based, morality based
What are the three main forms of vernacular religious drama?
300
These groups/organizations contributed to the production and funding of the theater
What is government and guilds
300
A House-like structure differentiating locations in a play
What is a Mansion
400
This is a mix of foolery and theatre in the church service itself.
What was the Festival of Fools?
400
The first known female playwright
What is Hrotsvitha
400
This is why it was important to move theatre outside the church
What is a change away from only using the Latin language
400
the length of the longest cycle which occurred in France.
What is 25 days
400
Practical and mobile option when a stage wasn't available
What is a Pageant Wagon
500
These actors used song and dance to mock the decadence of the monasteries.
What are mimes.
500
The reason the common people of Europe liked theatre in the church
What is They couldn't understand Latin
500
The year that theatre moved outside the church
What is between 12th and 13th centuries
500
During this period women began to play roles within the theatre, though men still played female roles.
What is 1540's
500
A series of platform stages
What is Processional Staging