Medieval drama

German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)

artistic motif on the universality of death

genre of Medieval and early Tudor theatrical entertainment

cultural property in Elche, Spain

static scene containing one or more actors or models

dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of Jesus Christ

Children and young people in central Europe dress as the Three Kings, walk from house to house, sing traditional and new carols, collect money for charity and bring the blessing for the new year to the people.

plays and playmaking in the Middle Ages

theatrical genre; vernacular drama, the main action is conducted in the spoken vernacular, with songs and instrumental music, plainchant and polyphony

play written by anonymous

Christmas tradition

form of dramatic literature unique to Spain

medieval Latin liturgical dramas

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

early medieval liturgical music drama by Hildegard of Bingen

Cornish manuscript

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

trope in the medieval Easter liturgy that later formed the kernel of the large body of medieval liturgical drama

twelfth-century Latin comedic play (elegiac comedy)

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".

play written by Rutebeuf

10th-century drama by Hrotsvitha

painter

1865 play