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Background: Medieval Europe
Terms From the Period
Medieval Drama: Mystery and Morality Plays
Medieval Theatre Production
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When was the Middle Ages?

From 500 to 1500 C.E.

100

Early medieval church drama, written in Latin and dealing with biblical stories.

What is litergical drama (morality play)?

100

1. Take things out of their actual time period. 2. Mix different types of drama.

What is one of the standard dramatic techniques of medieval cycle plays?

100

1. A weakening of the church. 2. The secular qualities of drama overcame the religious material.

What is one of the reasons why there was a gradual decline of religious theatre toward the end of the Middle Ages?

200


What was the strongest force during the Middle Ages?

What is the Roman Catholic church

200

The most popular cycle play? 

The Good Shepard's play

200

What also existed during the Middle Ages that were not so popular compared to the religious dramas?

What also existed during the Middle Ages that were not so popular compared to the religious dramas?

Secular theatre and drama.

200

What is the benefit of using a platform stage?''

Freedom of movement. The stage can turn into whatever that was designated.

300
Byzantium
What was the eastern Roman empire called?
300

What are the combined stories produced by the guilds? 

Cyle (plays) 

300

An allegorical Morality play on which Everyman is summoned to meet Death, appear before God, and seek salvation.  

What is The Summoning Everyman? 

300

Priest, _____, and choir boys originally acted in these productions. 

What is a nun? 

400
They were transferred and influenced the Renaissance.
What did the manuscripts influence after the eastern empire fell in 1453?
400

What is a two-storied cart that doubled as a stage? They would move from place to place during a cycle, producing the same story over and over again.  The audience remained stationary. 

A Pageant Cart

400

Dramas using religious characters and themes to teach a moral lesson.

What are morality plays?

400

These items helped draw in large audiences. Hint: Element of a GOOD play. 

What is complicated technical devices and special effects. 

500
Classical Greek drama: the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides and the criticism of Aristotle.
Whose manuscripts were preserved in the eastern Roman empire? Name one of them.
500

a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

What is allegory? 

500

Short dramas based on events of the Old and New Testaments and often organized into historical cycles. Also known as cycle plays.

What are mystery plays?

500

They moved through towns and stopped at points along the way to present one of the plays.

How did portable wagon stages hold performances?