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Medieval Drama

Medieval Drama. Miguel & Christina 2 nd period- Theatre Arts. Video. Who?. The Greeks originally started Medieval drama The Latins started this type of drama as well when they wanted to express the Bible in plays for people to understand more.

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Medieval Drama

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  1. Medieval Drama Miguel & Christina 2nd period- Theatre Arts

  2. Video

  3. Who? • The Greeks originally started Medieval drama • The Latins started this type of drama as well when they wanted to express the Bible in plays for people to understand more. • Also, Catholics took part in performing these plays.

  4. What? Medieval drama are basically plays that were religious and performed by priests and members of the church in a way to teach Bible stories

  5. When? Medieval Drama occurred between the years of 600 and 1500 CE, which was in the Middle Ages. Where? It got started in Europe.

  6. Different types of medieval plays • Mystery plays: Christ and the old testament • Miracle plays: lives of saints and historical and legendary events. • Morality plays: common man struggle for salvation- aimed to teach or reinforce church doctrine. • Mellow dramatic plays: good rewarded and evil punish • Secular Plays: Latin comedies • Folk plays: dancing fighting and buffoonery ; very little dramatic action.

  7. Medieval stages • There where two types of stages fixed and movable. • fixed: where they used machinery to move actors across stage like make angle fly. • Movable:"Pageant" being the physical stage and "Wagons" being the movable factor of the stage. for the people who are at the market can watch the play go on.

  8. Information • Before the 1200s plays were being done in side church as part of liturgy. • some influences on the plays that were made was religious and some anachronism • If we looked back at the plays we would think of them naive if we didn’t understand the time period. • Costumes were ordinary church vestments. • By 1350s people of community started being part of plays (unpaid and some girls) church supported dramas

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  10. The decline of medieval drama • When the fall of the roman empire started and the increase in classical learning affected stage writing social structure changing. • Then when it was out lawed religious plays in late 16th century

  11. sources • www.stagehistory.webs.com • www.nonvooline.nvcc.edu • www.Luminarium.org

  12. Quiz 1. Where did medieval drama get started? • Europe • United States • Brazil 2. When did Medieval Drama take place? a. 1983 to 2000 b. 2012 to 2012 c. 600 to 1500 CE

  13. Quiz 3. Where did Medieval drama start? a. Europe b. Russia c. Brazil 4. Medieval drama/theatre started to help teach and express… a. Acting lessons b. Bible lessons c. home schooling

  14. Quiz True or False 5. The Roman Empire represented the fall of theatre 6. Folk plays are not a part of medieval drama 7. There are 2 stages of medieval drama 8. Medieval drama outlawed religious plays in the 21st century 9. Latin comedies are called secular plays. 10. The Chinese performed medieval religious plays.

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