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Medieval Theatre

Developed from the 10th and continued to through to the 16th century

Represented Bible Stories in churches

Most popular in the 15th century

rendered obselete and became less popular as professional theatres became more popular

2 types of performance arts evolved from medieval theatre

Religious plays and Travelling players

Religious plays were performed by guilds

Travelling players usually consisted of jugglers, acrobats, minstrels and troupadours

Religious Plays

Originated from church processions and paegents in medieval churches to celebrate saint's days and festivals

Congregations of people would gather on the chuch steps to watch the processions and shows

Religious plays eventually developed into Miracle and Mystery plays

Miracle plays educated the audience with bible stories

some plays were humourous, others were violent

Cycles of plays were performed on carts that moved through various towns

plays were performed only metres away from the audience

Travelling Players

Much more light-hearted than Miracle plays - Travelling players aimed to entertain the audience

Travelling players had much more in common with a modern day circus

Consisted of troupes of actors that relied on stock characters to use throughout various performances

Often performed on the street or in any form of open space - audience members could come and go throughout the performance

Comedia Dell' Arte

Theatrical style from Italy (16th-18th century)

Each actor played a stock character in companies

Often based their devised plays on the various stock characters they had in their troups

Troupes greatly relied on improvisation and comedy skills

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