Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
ENGLISH DRAMA DEVELOPMENT - Coggle Diagram
ENGLISH DRAMA DEVELOPMENT
Mystery/Miracle Plays
It was performed by Clergy
Then performed by guilds
To reveal the mystery of God’s world
And about saints of the church
Played outside the cathedral then moved to the street.
In moving Cars called ‘pageants’ which were the stage for the performance.
Taught illiterate people about the Bible.
Plays were from Genesis to Apocalipsis.
Morality Plays
Represented faith, truth, charity and good deeds as characters
And falsehood, covetousness, worldly fresh devil became antagonists
Allegorical stories in were characters battled for the control of the soul.
There was interaction with actors.
Sometimes comic stories
Due to the popularity of immoral plays the church outlawed these performances.
Renaissance
The medieval morality play led to renaissance playwritings.
Inspired on inner struggles and the conscience of man
Drama emerge as a literary art form.
Shakespeare is the best-known representant of these plays.