What is a play based on the Saints' lives and Bible stories?
100
Mansion
What is a series of acting stations in a line, including Heaven, Pilate's House, Jerusalem, and Hell's Mouth?
100
The Second Shepherd's Play
What is a secular play about a clever scoundrel named Mak who steals a sheep, hides it in a crib and passes it off as his son?
100
500- 1500 AD
What are the years of the Medieval Period?
100
complicated technical devices and special effects
What is helped draw in large audiences?
200
Passion Play
a play based on the last week of the life of Christ?
200
guilds
What are groups of tradesman whose common trade was jointly responsible for part of a story from the Bible which, when combined, made a cycle? Each group competed with the others to see who could produce the most elaborate story.
200
Everyman
What is an allegorical Morality play on which Everyman is summoned to meet Death, appear before God, and seek salvation?
200
Christians
What groups reintroduced theatrical performance to its mostly illiterate congregation as a means of worship and teaching the Gospel?
200
trap doors
What is something hidden in raised stages so that characters could appear from nowhere or disappear?
300
Morality Play
What is similar in theme to a Miracle and Mystery Play, yet more concerned with the principles taught by Christianity rather than the stories associated with the Bible?
300
Masque
What is a spectacular play glorifying the nobility?
300
Latin
What language were the plays originally performed in?
400
cycle
What are the combines stories produced by the guilds?
400
Nuns
What is Priests, ____ and choir boys originally acted in these productions.
400
cranes
What is how angels flew in during plays?
500
Pageant Cart
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.
500
Satan
What is Medieval Plays often made fun of?
500
Hell's Mouth
What is device with a moving jaw, red flames, and smoke bellowing from its bowels? It consumed those characters too evil for Heaven.