Sacred
Things that are connected to religion.
What is Secular?
This type of play centered around the life and actions of a saint.
What is Miracle?
Things that are NOT associated with religion.
What is secular?
This period of time extends from the 5th to the 15th centuries.
What are the Dark or Middle Ages?
This is the most famous morality play.
What is "Everyman"?
The most powerful institution in Medieval life.
What is The Church?
This type of play was usually based on stories from the bible.
What is Mystery?
Most people in the dark ages were not taught to do this.
What is Read and write?
These actors traveled from town to town performing theatre.
What are Troubadors?
These plays often took place over several days.
What are Cycle plays?
Christians considered this type of entertainment to be sinful
What is Theatre?
This type of play would usually end with a lesson.
What is Morality?
This type of drama was very popular in France.
What is Farce?
These groups of tradesman got together to produce plays.
What are Guilds?
These are Cycle plays that focus on Christ.
What are Passion plays?
This form of drama included two groups singing instead of actors
What is Liturgical?
These small spaces inside churches were decorated to suggest different scenes.
What are Mansions?
These were performed between courses at a banquet.
What are Interludes?
These moving stages were used to perform plays in towns.
What are Pageant wagons?
In this play, three shepherds are fooled by a sheep disguised as a baby.
What is "The Second Shepherd's Play"?
This man issued an edict saying that the clergy could not perform plays anymore.
Who was Pope Innocent III?
This was a popular type of secular drama.
What are Mummings or Masques?
These were performed at wealthy homes on holidays and included pantomimes and narrative stories.
What are mummings and disguisings?
These types of buildings were forbidden throughout Europe.
What are theatres?
One of four remaining medieval mystery plays that are still performed today.
What are "The Wakefield Mystery Plays"?