One example of miracle plays in the origin of English drama is the "Chester Mystery Plays," which were performed in medieval times to depict biblical stories and miracles. These plays were often staged outdoors in cycles to educate and entertain audiences about religious themes. Miracle plays became popular during the Middle Ages and were an important precursor to modern English drama.
Virginia Schaefer Carroll has written: 'The \\' -- subject(s): Christian drama, English (Middle), Civilization, Medieval, in literature, Cycles (Literature), English Bible plays, English drama, English drama (Comedy), History and criticism, Mysteries and miracle-plays, English
Joannes Vriend has written: 'The Blesed Virgin Mary in the Medieval drama of England' -- subject(s): Cult, English drama, English literature, History and criticism, Mysteries and miracle-plays, English
Katie Normington has written: 'Modern Mysteries' -- subject(s): Production and direction, History and criticism, Theater, Mysteries and miracle-plays, English 'Gender and medieval drama' -- subject(s): History and criticism, History, Christian drama, English (Middle), English drama, Sex role in literature, Christianity and literature, English Bible plays, Corpus Christi Festival, Women and literature, Gender identity in literature, Mysteries and miracle-plays, English, Women in literature
Partly. The roots of English drama lie partly in indigenous Miracle and Mystery plays which were sacred in nature, but also in the Latin plays of Seneca, Plautus and Terence which were decidedly secular. It was when the style of the homegrown sacred plays was married with the plot structure and subject matter of the Latin plays that the English drama was born.
A Miracle Play
not sure for the dance drama but its rural origin is India
The Origin of German Tragic Drama was created in 1928.
Cormic Philip Deasy has written: 'St. Joseph in the English mystery plays' -- subject(s): History and criticism, English drama, Mysteries and miracle-plays, English
Gilbert Neil Lazier has written: 'The comedy of the English medieval mystery cycles' -- subject(s): History and criticism, English drama, Mysteries and miracle-plays, English
Theodore K. Lerud has written: 'Social and political dimensions of the English Corpus Christi drama' -- subject(s): Christian drama, English (Middle), Civilization, Medieval, in literature, Corpus Christi Festival, Cycles (Literature), English Bible plays, English Political plays, English drama, History, History and criticism, Mysteries and miracle-plays, English, Politics and literature, Politics in literature, Social history
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Rosemary Woolf has written: 'The English mystery plays' -- subject(s): History and criticism, Christian drama, English (Middle), Civilization, Medieval, in literature, English drama, Bible plays, English, Mysteries and miracle-plays, English, English Bible plays 'Art and Doctrine' -- subject(s): English literature, History and criticism, Civilization, Medieval, in literature