Theatre History
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
PRIESTS
- Priests acted out the meaning of the holy day to help teach other people who could not read.
- They would call these miracle plays.
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WERE AND WHY
- Theatre's were not permitted throughout the medieval times.
- Traveling players such as acrobats, puppeteers, and story teller would keep the theatre alive.
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POPULAR
- The plays called miracles, were so popular that they had to perform it outside.
- They were still considered religious events and not entertainment.
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STAGE
- They would creat a stage by raising a platform wherever they performed.
- People such as acrobats, puppeteers, jugglers, and story tellers would perform on the platform.
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BELIEF
- Christians thought this kind of entertainment was a sin.
- So they started their own kind of theatre.
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