Mystery Plays. Mystery Plays developed at the same time and from the same Liturgical Dramas as Miracle Plays They told the stories from the Bible in a.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

The Middle Ages Theatre History Drama 1.

Advertisements

An Introduction to Shakespeare’s Theatre

MEDIEVAL THEATRE IN EUROPE. Introduction Timeframe: from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the beginning of Renaissance. 5 th century till the middle.

Medieval Theatre. History After the fall of the Roman Empire in the 600s AD, Europe fell into a period known as the “dark ages”. Characterized by a lack.

The Middle Ages Chapter 13 Section 2.

Medieval drama Millennium 1 Page 31. Medieval Drama Religious celebrations commemorating great Christian events: the Mass, Christmas and Easter; Main.

Medieval Theatre. The “dark ages”  The Middle Ages were the period between 500a.d.-1000a.d.  The fall of the Roman Empire marked the beginning of this.

Roman and Medieval Drama Vocabulary Words

Theatre History Medieval Theatre. Often called – The Dark Ages Not really a correct title start: Rome’s fall 476 AD end: 15 th Century 400 years no organized.

500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. A Dark time that brought Christianity to light.

Medieval Mystery Plays Contexts for The Miller’s Tale.

 After the fall of the Roman Empire, during the Dark Ages also known as the Middle Ages or Medieval times, theatre diminished from its splendor of the.

Origins of English Drama.

Medieval Drama. Death of theatre after fall of Roman Empire Seeds of theatre kept alive only by street players, jugglers, acrobats, storytellers and animal.

Renaissance theatre England. Sources English theater during the Renaissance draws on two distinctly different traditions – Medieval theater Religious.

History of Medieval Drama From Roman Spectacle to Miracle, Morality and Mystery Plays.

After the fall of the Roman Empire in c.476 AD, came a period known as the “DARK AGES”. The Church was the only stable “government”.

Dramatic Liturgy and Liturgical Drama

Miguel & Christina 2nd period- Theatre Arts

The Playing Field.  Mystery Play  Mystery plays are among the earliest form of plays in medieval Europe. They focused on Bible stories and were frequently.

 Historians found that Ancient Egyptians performed a three-day pageant (performance) about four thousand years ago  The pageant explained the story.

Course business Chaucer challenge winners to be announced on Monday Papers due Monday FQ guide/headnotes.

Medival Theatre.

SGGK overview Complex Structure Romance –Genre concerned with Knightly Identity.

Medieval Theatre Drama 1 Fall Drama in the Middle Ages The rise of the Christian Church was the civilizing force of the early Middle Ages. The Dark.

PERIOD 6 Chaucer and Canterbury Tales. History Feudal England William the conqueror t England the continental social, economic, and political system called.

Medieval Theatre.

THE STAGE. Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Now when and where are we? Medieval England: 400 years after the fall of Rome!

Medieval Theater.

Theater Chapter 6: Medieval Theatre. Who Goes There?! “Quem Queritas”: Latin for ”whom seek ye.” These are the earliest “play” from medieval era. It was.

On any given street corner kids could be playing dominos, a man may pass riding a donkey amidst motorcycles roaring the streets and small spice shops.

Medieval Theatre.  Time frame: 5 th c- mid 16 th c  Secular theatre died in Western Europe with the fall of Rome  Theatrical performances were banned.

Medieval Theatre Time frame: 5 th century- mid 16 th century Secular theatre died in Western Europe with the fall of Rome Theatrical performances were.

The Church The Roman Catholic Church was powerful and influential in the Middle Ages It taught that people would be rewarded or punished after death depending.

Tuesday, Oct. 2 - Theater.

Old English Drama The Beginnings of Drama in England.

Theatre In The Middle Ages. The Fall of Rome  Rome was attacked by invaders.  Rome was no longer able to protect the people of Europe  Life in Europe.

Medieval Drama and Theatre

Cultures of Europe and Russia The Cultures of Western Europe.

Medieval theater By: Mrs. Bone.

Chapter 13. Context Medieval theatre came between Roman theatre and the Renaissance Considered to be a “lower” period of theatre between two higher ones.

By: Devon Shiner and Taylor Morgan. Society began to form along new lines in the Tudor years. If feudal England was the age of a community, Tudor England.

Jousting and Tournaments By: Ryne Fritz & Clayton Lilly Core 2.

The Christian church is the medieval institution that is credited with the rebirth of western theatre.

Medieval Drama by: Majid Hameed. Medieval drama General characterstics Medieval drama General characterstics  flourished in the 15th century; it began.

The Formation of Guilds Guilds Controlled Business Life in Medieval Europe.

HE WROTE SIC ET NON HE DEVELOPED SCHOLASTICISM. PETER ABELARD.

The Middle Ages 1.Miracle and Mystery plays 2.Trade Guilds 3.Pageants 4.Morality plays Elizabethan Theatre 1.Stage 2.Actors 3.Scenes 4.Audience The Globe.

Medieval Theatre.

Medieval Theatre By: Andrea Ayad Melissa Ramirez Phillip Juarez Stephanie C. Travis King.

Medieval Theatre History of Theatre AD. Introduction  medieval introduction medieval introduction medieval introduction  Watch the clip. What.

Roman Theatre. Remember Greek Theatres Delphi Roman Theatres When Rome conquered Greece it borrowed a lot from Greek culture, including Theater. Roman.

Medieval Theatre Historical Perspective Not much happened related to theatre in the Dark Ages Not much happened related to theatre in the Dark.

Medieval Platform Stage Medieval Theatre  Time frame: 5 th century - mid 16 th century  Theatrical performances were banned by the Roman Catholic Church.

MEDIEVAL CYCLE PLAYS.

Medieval Theatre.

The English Renaissance

The Theatre of Spain and New Spain to 1700 (Historical Background)

Theatre in the High Middle Ages

Medieval Theatre.

Miracle and Morality Plays

Medieval Theater ’s ad After closing down all theater activities at the time of Ancient Rome, the Christian church gives theater a second life.

Corpus Christi and Pageant Wagons

The Commercial Revolution

Medieval theater Spencer Ingram.

Medieval Theatre.

Power of Faith.

Presentation transcript:

Mystery Plays

Mystery Plays developed at the same time and from the same Liturgical Dramas as Miracle Plays They told the stories from the Bible in a manner that the common man could understand Many were performed on “Pageants” (mobile stages) The N-town Plays were performed by traveling players putting the (N)ame of the current performance place into the introductions

Mystery Plays These plays were found all over Europe, but especially France, Spain, and England Most told the stories from the Old Testament In many English towns, each craft guild took on the job of portraying one of the Bible stories Frequently the craftsmen were the performers, with some professional actors in a few roles or plays

Mystery Plays In many English towns they developed into “cycles” of plays that moved through the Bible from the Creation to Day of Judgment The plays were performed during Christian festival days- especially during the Festival of Corpus Christi These groups of plays could take up to 20 hours to complete and would take place over several days By the mid-1300’s they were such a part of the culture as to be considered to be “from antiquity”

There are four great cycles still in existence, known as the Towneley, Chester, York, and N-town (or Coventry) plays. Three are named from their performance places. The Towneley mysteries were performed, at Woodkirk, near Wakefield & named for the family who owned the manuscripts for many years. In their present form the number of plays in the cycles: –Towneley 30 (or 31) –Chester 24 –York 48 –N-town 42 (Coventry) Four Additional Plays are preserved at Oxford

The Craft Guilds were organized groups of wholesale traders, merchants and craftsmen Most guilds also had a charitable and social side that included: 1. Feasting 2. Religious services 3. Helping retired and sick members 4. Putting on one of the Corpus Christi plays

1. The York Guild of Building 2. The Company of Merchant Taylors 3. The Company of Cordwainers 4. The Gild of Freemen 5. The Company of Butchers 6. The Guild of Scriveners 7. The Company of Merchant Adventurers Some of the Craft Guilds still exist today:

We know little about how the system of craft organization evolved. The city council registered freemen as early as 1272 Most craft guilds are not recorded until the 1300s The plays were not written down until the 1370s. The plays and the guilds may well have evolved together: 1. In the 1360s and 1370s England's economy was booming 2. The cult of Corpus Christi was developing 3. The craft guilds became more prominent It may even be that some guilds and fraternities first organized to put on a play rather than to regulate their business affairs. The division of the Bible story into separate plays may well reflect the number of craft groupings willing to put on a play.

A Map of York Dozens of short plays, mounted on pageant wagons, began with a performance at the Trinity Priory (red dot, lower left) and moved through the city streets, stopping at pre-arranged performance locations known as stations (white dots).

The York Plays: the year in which the existence of pageant wagons is first recorded in York the year in which the plays were banned the plays are once again staged, as part of the Festival of Britain The only surviving manuscript of the York plays, dating from around , is kept at the British Library The word "mystery" means a "trade" or "craft" in medieval English. "Mystery" is also a religious truth or rite.