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An overview of the development of medieval religious drama.

Medieval English Drama: Modernized Performance Texts These texts of The Castle of Perseverance and the N-Town Plays were modernized for performance by the Poculi Ludique Societas of the University of Toronto. I have used both texts in undergraduate classes and have found that students are able to absorb far more of the variety of mediaeval plays in modernizations than they can handle in Middle ...

An index of articles on Medieval theatre.

Brief description of the rise and fall of the medieval minstrel.

A history of dramatic literature as it developed during the Middle Ages.

An overview of Medieval theatre; examines the Mystery, Miracle and Morality plays of the Middle Ages.

Back to original Reporter story Reporter 452, 22 May 2000 The Mystery Plays 25 Years On Richard Rastall Twenty-five years ago, on 17-18 May 1975, an extraordinary event took place in the University precinct: a performance of the greater part of the York cycle of mystery plays, performed at three playing-places, or stations, over a two-day period. At the time, most people regarded it as a special ...

An analysis of several different forms of theatre which appeared during the Middle Ages, including the morality play, Shrovetide plays, the interlude, and puppet plays.