Christian plays

Christian-themed medieval European drama

genre of Medieval and early Tudor theatrical entertainment

15th-century morality play.

thumb|300px|right|Painting depicting the martyrdom of Polyeuctus, from the Menologion of Basil II (c. 1000 AD)

1958 children's opera by Benjmin Britten

one-act play

12th-century liturgical drama written in Medieval French (with Latin choral texts and stage directions)

play by Gabriele D'Annunzio with incidental music by Claude Debussy

Cornish manuscript

mystery play series from the 14th to the 16th centuries

The ' are three medieval mystery plays dating to the late fourteenth century, written primarily in Middle Cornish, with stage directions in Latin. The three plays are (The Origin of the World, also known as , 2,846 lines), (The Passion of Christ, also known as , 3,242 lines) and ' (The Resurrection of Our Lord also known as , 2,646 lines). The metres of these plays are various arrangements of seven- and four-syllabled lines. means "prompt" or "service book".