Plays and Playwrights
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 LIST: 2 Types of Cycle Plays | Mystery Cycles Passion Plays |
| DEF: Mystery Cycles | Plays on the whole of God's plan from the creation to the day of judgement |
| DEF: Passion Plays | Plays on the life and death of Jesus |
| DEF: Miracle Plays | Story of individual saint's lives - secular and non-biblical |
| LIST: 2 Professional Plays | Morality plays Mummer's plays |
| DEF: Morality Play | Allegorical, secularized and didactic. |
| DEF: Mummer's Play | Christmas plays from folk and pagan traditions |
| LIST: 3 Medieval Play Types | Cycle Plays Miracle Plays Professional Plays |
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