Medieval Drama
I.
Liturgical Drama:
Quem Quaeritis Trope
II.
Semiliturgical Drama:
Jacob and Essau
(13th cen.)
III.
Innocent III banished them from church interior in 1210
IV.
Religious guilds, then trade guilds performed
cycles of plays
called
Mystery Plays:
A.
Chester Cycle: 25 plays
B.
York:
48
C.
Wakefield:
32
V.
Miracle Plays
VI.
Morality Plays
(late 14th cen.):
Allegory;
Everyman