Medieval Theatre.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

The Middle Ages Theatre History Drama 1.

Advertisements

An Introduction to Shakespeare’s Theatre

Medieval, Renaissance, and Elizabethan Theatre

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.

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

The Renaissance: Literary Background Writers no longer believed in fixed ideas of truth and morality (imposed by the Church) but wanted to enquire about.

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

Elizabethan Drama What is a tragedy?

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.

 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.

Medieval Theatre History

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

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

Origins of Western Drama

From AD. Like the Greeks used theatre to worship Dionysus, Christians introduced theatrical performance to the church and its mostly- illiterate.

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

The Origins of English Theatre Fabio Pesaresi

 By 265 BCE, Athens had fallen out of power and the Roman Empire was expanding.  The Romans absorbed much of Greek culture, including its theatre.

Miguel & Christina 2nd period- Theatre Arts

What? The time period in theatre history I am researching is in the 10th century The major characteristic of this time period consist of Lords governing.

Medival Theatre.

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.

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.

 Dictionary: a piece of written work that tells a story and is meant to be performed; this is called a play  An event that has exciting, emotional and/or.

Theatre History A Study Guide.

Medieval Theater.

+ For Western civilization, the origins of theatre were in Athens, Greece about 25 hundred years ago + Theatre for the Greeks originated from religious.

From 500 AD until 1500 AD church The church (Catholic) took over the presentation of plays during this period. Who took over the presentation of the.

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 Renaissance Theater

Theatre History - Acting

MEDIEVAL, COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE,ELIZABETHAN THEATRE HISTORY.

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 Theatre 500 – 1500 AD.

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

Take Notes. The Middle Ages began with the fall of Rome and continued until the 15 th century. -Poverty and Illiteracy among the masses were common. -

Origins of Drama Many say drama originated in Greece over 2,500 years ago as an outgrowth of the worship of the God Dionysus. During Dionysian festivals,

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

ORIGINS OF THEATRE 1. STORYTELLING 2. MOVEMENT / DANCE 3. JUDICIAL SYSTEM 4. SUPREME ACT OF AN UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST PERHAPS THESPIS 5. RITUAL THEORY 1.

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.

Introduction to Drama Dr M. Fahmy Raiyah. What is drama? Drama is a type of literature telling a story, which is intended to be performed to an audience.

  Middle Ages in Europe is often called the Dark Ages because there was little or no cultural activity.  Lasted from the fall of Rome in 476 A.D. to.

Medieval Theatre.

MEDIEVAL THEATRE 400 AD – 1400 AD. Medieval Theatre After the fall of Rome the 600’s A.D., came a period known to us as the "dark ages." Much political.

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

Bell Ringer – 9/16 None Today Mrs. B is presenting at a conference and will be back tomorrow. We’ll finish the notes from Friday.

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 Theatre.

Roman and Medieval Drama Vocabulary Words

A Brief History of Theatre Architecture & Stage Technology (Medieval Theatre) During the Middle Ages, suppression of theatrical activities was a direct.

The HISTORY of THEATRE An Exploration into the Human Story

Medieval Drama After the fall of the Roman Empire 476AD, small nomadic bands traveled around performing wherever there was an audience. This was a sin.

Origins of drama and medieval theatre

Medieval Theatre.

Medieval Theatre History

Mystery, Miracle, and Morality Plays

Renaissance Theatre History

Medieval Drama and Everyman

Miracle and Morality Plays

English Renaissance Theatre

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

Mystery Miracle Morality

Presentation transcript:

Medieval Theatre

MEDIEVAL THEATRE After the collapse of the Roman Empire, the theatre lost support and funding. With the spread of Christianity throughout Europe, actors and acting were banned and seen as evil from the fifth Century on. Church Drama by the 19th century these same Christians began to use drama to portray the story of their religion and church. started from short scenes, moved to plays, Churches became the venue liturgical/church drama

Church Drama (cont…) these plays were acted by priests and choirboys, and later as the popularity increased, by other men (woman were not allowed). the Altar was the central background, one side was Heaven and the other was Hell. Simple sets and props were used audience sat in the usual church pews. As plays became more complicated, Church performances were performed outdoors

Stepping Out When the plays left the Church, the towns ran pageants, featuring the work of different trade guilds (tailors, capenters, etc.) The fishermen may stage a scene from the Bible story Jonah and the whale, or Noah’s Ark could be staged by the shipbuilders guide. Each scene would be performed in a different place and the audience walked around to watch them, or the scene would take place on a moving procession of carts. Plays were religious or Bible stories and managed to be comic at times. Plays became quite complex, with many actors, and elaborate staging, costumes and effects.

Characteristic of Medieval Drama Various types of Medieval plays : biblical stories or mystery plays, miracle plays (about Saints) morality plays to teach people right and wrong according to the Church. Town people were easily influenced as they were largely illiterate and uneducated. Most plays were well written. The plays highlighted the ever present reality of eternity, by hell and heaven being so dominant on stage. Eternity was more important than time on earth, so historical accuracy was not seen as necessary. cycle plays were common. These cycles consist of many short plays that are run together to represent the Bible from beginning to end.

Scenes and Setting As there were no theatre buildings, performances took place at various venues and usually outdoors. Stages were set against buildings or in the middle of the town square and represented earthly and eternal existence. Specific scenery to suggest location were also used in a tokenistic way.

Costuming Medieval clothes were worn by all the human characters in the play. Fancy dress and accessories were worn by non-human characters like God, Angels, Saints and so on. Devils wore elaborate, hideous costumes and masks. Special effects were exciting and numerous, and often highly symbolic.

Moving On As society changed and began to probe issues deeply, there was a need for non-religious drama the religious plays declined in the fifteenth century, especially with the new Renaissance and the split in the Church.