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Medieval Theatre Vocabulary
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A booth in the shape of a monster’s jaws, which used smoke, fireworks and demonic actors
Heaven
Platea
Hellmouth
Hell
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Short satirical play in which a company of sots (fools) made fun of contemporary persons and events
Troubadour
Everyman
Sotie
Pageant Master
3
Short dramatized sections of Catholic Mass performed during the service
Mansion
Cycle
Liturgical Drama
Pageant
4
The speech and language used in everyday life
Secular
Feast of Fools
Vernacular
Passion Play
5
The neutral acting area of a stage, with mansions representing specific locations placed around it
Platea
Hell
Heaven
Hellmouth
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Most popular example of a morality play, with the character Everyman representing humanity
Sotie
Troubadour
Everyman
Pageant Master
7
A composer and singer of lyric poetry who often traveled between villages performing
Pageant Master
Sotie
Everyman
Troubadour
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A play depicting events from the last week of the life of Jesus Christ
Secular
Vernacular
Passion Play
Feast of Fools
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A play depicting biblical subjects and characters
Mystery Play
Mummer's Play
Miracle Play
Morality Play
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A series of plays covering Biblical history from Creation to the Last Judgement
Liturgical Drama
Station Drama
Pageant
Cycle
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A small booth containing a stage and canopy, representing different locales in biblical stories
Mansion
Cycle
Liturgical Drama
Pageant
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Special effects like smoke and fire
Quem Quaeritis?
Masque
Guild
Secrets
13
The area below a fixed stage; in pageants it was usually the last wagon
Hell
Hellmouth
Heaven
Platea
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The raised area above a fixed stage; in pageants it was usually the first wagon
Hell
Heaven
Hellmouth
Platea
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A decorated wheeled platform, or wagon, upon which actors performed a part of a cycle
Liturgical Drama
Pageant
Cycle
Station Drama
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A real or fictitious account of the life, miracles, or martyrdom of a saint
Morality Play
Miracle Play
Mummer's Play
Mystery Play
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An association of artisans/merchants who oversaw the practice of their trade and sponsored a pageant
Quem Quaeritis?
Guild
Masque
Secrets
18
A spectacle performed at a nobleman’s manor, with masked actors complimenting the host
Secrets
Masque
Guild
Quem Quaeritis?
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Not related to religion or religious groups
Passion Play
Vernacular
Secular
Feast of Fools
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Traditional street drama in which a champion is killed in a fight & is then revived by a doctor
Morality Play
Miracle Play
Mystery Play
Mummer's Play
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An allegorical play where characters personify abstract qualities & moral lessons are taught
Morality Play
Mystery Play
Miracle Play
Mummer's Play
22
A guild’s business manager who oversaw the financing and production of a pageant
Troubadour
Sotie
Pageant Master
Everyman
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Part of the Easter liturgy that later formed the basis of the large body of liturgical drama
Quem Quaeritis?
Guild
Secrets
Masque
24
Popular festival in which a mock bishop or pope was elected and rituals were parodied
Vernacular
Feast of Fools
Passion Play
Secular
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The episodic presentation of the suffering and death of Jesus in the Stations of the Cross
Pageant
Station Drama
Liturgical Drama
Cycle
