1. Zach Anderson Erin James Dayja Tillman Darian Williams

2. Where and Who??? http://www.visualphotos.com/photo/1x6791517/ corral_de_comedias_16th_century_the_only_acti ve_l12-471543.jpg http://www.trullvillage.org.uk/images/church.jpg

3. The Audience http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/12/52/41/2795621/ 3/628x471.jpg http://www.props.eric-hart.com/wp- content/uploads/2010/02/mystery-play.jpg

4. Innovations of the Era  Moving stages were created for the enjoyment of the common people

5. Famous Playwrights  Hrotsvitha was a canoness at the Bendectine Abbey of Gandersheim  And wrote all of her dramas in Latin

6. Famous Plays  This play is a representation of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion The Passion Play This play is an interpretation of the story of when Jesus walked on water

7. Common Themes  Most of these plays during the era were religious faith and backing mainly because the Christian Church was the cause of the Western European Theater Boom in Medieval times.  Aimed to teach or reinforce Church doctrine  Melodramatic: good rewarded; evil punished.  God and his plan were the driving forces, not the characters. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=melodramatic&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&noj=1&tbm=isch&tbnid=s8nnuz_gTx4ljM:&imgrefurl=http://literarylab.blogspot.com/2009/06/when-does-drama-become- melodrama.html&docid=_vNqiN1Nt7T_gM&imgurl=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aRPQuVe8gKo/SjACGKSDrrI/AAAAAAAADM4/tRqLZ_01xkM/s400/melodrama.gif&w=333&h=240&ei=OkKIT- WXNaWyiQKcn6WLCw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=172&sig=116078674044742611485&page=1&tbnh=141&tbnw=196&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:70&tx=138&ty=67&biw=1280&bih=827 (citation for 1st picture)

8. Link  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj34 GC4giGM&feature=related https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj34 GC4giGM&feature=related