Medieval Plays Trope: A short dramatic embellishment to the text Liturgy: Formal rituals within a church service Liturgical drama: Religious plays, chanted in Latin, usually at Easter or Christmas Quem Quaertis: A 4 line exchange surrounding the resurrection when the three Marys go to Christ's tomb. Latin for Whom do you seek? Mansion: Small structure/platform within church to show locations in the liturgical drama Platea: Main acting area Mystery Plays Adam and Eve Cain and Abel Abraham and Isaac The Last Supper The Crucifixion The Resurrection Judgement Day Guilds Performing Cycles The shipwrights - Noah’s Ark. The goldsmiths - the Three Wise Men. The shepherds - the nativity. The bakers - the Last Supper. Towns and Cycles Wakefield – 32 plays Towns and Cycles York – 48 plays Towns and Cycles Chester – 25 plays. Miracle Plays 12th century dramatized the lives, the legends and miracles of Roman Catholic saints Mystery or Cycle Plays dramatized series of biblical scenes, based on Old and New Testaments Short dramas Entertaining, historical, and full of anachronisms The Second Shepherd’s Play Theatrical spaces throughout the town Towns had their own scripts/cycles, i.e. Yorktown cycle, Chester cycle Mystery or Cycle Plays Creation to Doomsday sponsored by the guilds Noah and the Flood - shipbuilders, fishers, mariners, etc Crucifixion: Carpenters Gifts to Christ: Goldsmith Videos on Mystery Plays, The Dark Ages, and special Documentary York Mystery Plays- trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAKzf4zndmc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nyFLOlEupM Liverpool University Chester Noah Play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn0pcYONuxc.