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Theatre test 2 (1)

  1. Medieval theatre started in
    500 AD - 1500 AD (Middle Ages)
  2. Objective of Medieval Theatre
    Life revolved around moral instructions (plays outside of church weren't allowed)
  3. Mystery Play (Church Drama)
    Events in the life of Christ based on events from the bible
  4. Miracle Play (Church Drama)
    Plays dealing with the lives of saints
  5. Morality Play (Church Drama) 
    Ex: Everymen
    Allegorical plays that teach men how to live
  6. Hrotsvitha
    1st female playwright; nun (during middle age)
  7. Renaissance theatre means
    rebirth
  8. Religious drama was banned in ___
    1588 because people were coming up with their own ideas of the bible
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Theatre test 2 (1)
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