Medival Theatre Flashcards
After fall of Rome and darke ages what happened…
The church emerges as the center of artistic and educational activities.
Troupe of travel king performers comic, acrobatic and circus…..
Frequently attacked by the church
What were the centers of learning and produced scholars who were familiar whith text
Monasteries
The first known female playwright,
Hrosvitha Gandersheim
Hrosvithat really looked up to this artist
Terrence
Martyrdom and devout Christians, were surrounded us this artist stories
Hrosvitha
A central open space such as a nave.
Platea
A scenic structure depicting some locale ( could be elopborate or existed area in church)
Mansion
There was a shift from drama being presented in…..
latin to the vernacular
religous plays moved from
inside the church to stages outside
Dramatise the bible
mystery or cylce play
not perfromed as part of religous ceremony
myster or cycle plays
A times a number of these plays were presented at a time
this is how the term cycle play emerged
appeal to mass audience
cycle play
Highlighted the spectaular, often depciting the violent scenes
cycle or mystery play
Charectreristics of the episodic form
- frequent shifts in time and place
- more that one plot
- serious and comic elements
- large number of characters
was in charge of overseeing the orgainization of the production
pageant master
the would be set up on a wagon and move from locale to locale present each locale with seperate perfromce
processional
a series of small scenic mansions stood side by side with a large stage in front
stationary
most spectatucar mansions depicted heaven and hell
the hell mouth
special stage effects were called
secrests
play attempts to teach a moral lesson
morality play
struggle over an ordinary man or woman soul by a force of good and a force of ecil.
morality play
dramtizing the heroix exploits
folk plays
