Medieval Theatre Terminology

What is "Liturgical Drama"?

• Type of play telling stories of the Bible or Saints

• Literature

• Plays about science

• Plays about History

What does "vernacular" mean?

• Everyday language of the common people

• Latin

• Gibberish

• Language of the Kings

What is "Sacred text"?

• Text about the Bible. Religious text.

• Non-religious text

• Children's stories

• Text about History

Secular Text has nothing to do with...

• Religion

• God

• The church

• All of the above

What is a "mansion"?

• A farm

• The set built inside a church which that actors perform on

• A wagon that transports actors to different parts of the city

• A servant's house

What is a "Pageant Wagon"?

• A wagon that moves actors to different parts of the city, that they perform upon.

• A wagon that the Kings moved around on

• A wagon to transport food to the peasants.

• A wagon which belonged to the church

What is a "Morality Play"?

• A play about the Bible

• A play about Saints

• A play that teaches the audience a lesson on how to be good people.

Most famous Medieval Play

• Everyman

• All people

• All of us

• The Passion of the Christ

What is a play that is "An Allegory"?

• An extended metaphor, where the characters are not necessarily people

• A made-up play

• A play based on real life events

Everyman is...

• An Allegory

• A morality play

• Written in vernacular

• All of the above