Miracle play
Miracle play
Miracle
play:- Miracle play or
mystery play, form of medieval drama that came from dramatization of the
liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church. It developed from the 10th to
16th centuries, reaching its height in the 15th century.
The simple lyric character of the early texts, as shown in the Quem Quoeritis, was enlarged by the addition of dialogue and dramatic action. Eventually the performance was moved to the Churchyard and the market place. Miracle play is also called Saint’s play, one of three principle kinds of vernacular drama of the European middle ages. 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 11th centuries to enhance calendar festivals. By the 13th century they had become circularized and filled with ecclesiastic elements. They had been divorced from church services and were performed at public festivals.
The simple lyric character of the early texts, as shown in the Quem Quoeritis, was enlarged by the addition of dialogue and dramatic action. Eventually the performance was moved to the Churchyard and the market place. Miracle play is also called Saint’s play, one of three principle kinds of vernacular drama of the European middle ages. 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 11th centuries to enhance calendar festivals. By the 13th century they had become circularized and filled with ecclesiastic elements. They had been divorced from church services and were performed at public festivals.
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