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…of three principal kinds of vernacular drama of the European Middle Ages (along with the mystery play and the morality play). A miracle play presents a real or fictitious account of the life, miracles, or martyrdom of a saint. The genre evolved from liturgical offices developed during the 10th and… Read More; morality plays. In morality play
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Mystery play, one of three principal kinds of vernacular drama in Europe during the Middle Ages (along with the miracle play and the morality play). The mystery plays, usually representing biblical subjects, developed from plays presented in Latin by churchmen on church premises and depicted such.
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vernacular drama definition religious vernacular drama liturgical drama secular drama vernacular The earliest secular drama is The Play of the Greenwood by Adam de la Halle in 1276. It contains satirical scenes and folk material such as faeries and other supernatural occurrences. Farces also rose dramatically in popularity after the 13th century.
Definition. Vernacular drama refers to theatrical works that are written and performed in the native language of a specific region or community, rather than in Latin or other scholarly languages.
Miracle play, one of three principal kinds of vernacular drama of the European Middle Ages (along with the mystery play and the morality play). A miracle play presents a real or fictitious account of the life, miracles, or martyrdom of a saint. The genre evolved from liturgical offices developed.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Introduction. The earliest extant drama in medieval England is a Latin Easter church music-drama or ceremony in the Regularis Concordia (c. 970), associated with Winchester—a liturgical dramatization of the visit of the three Marys to the sepulcher on the day of Jesus’ resurrection.
Vernacular drama was a particularly effective tool for teaching Scriptural narratives and their Christological significance, at the same time as encouraging appropriate affective responses in an audience of believers; vernacular drama also offered a gloss on the biblical stories that were the primary influence on the Latin liturgy.
