A Miracle Play
Miracle Plays
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Bill Ranford
brookie Herb
One example of miracle plays in the origin of English drama is the "Chester Mystery Plays," which were performed in medieval times to depict biblical stories and miracles. These plays were often staged outdoors in cycles to educate and entertain audiences about religious themes. Miracle plays became popular during the Middle Ages and were an important precursor to modern English drama.
Mystery Plays are plays that are adapted from stories in the Bible. They reached the heights of their popularity in the Middle Ages when most people were illiterate and the church was using them to teach Bible stories. Miracle plays are plays that are based on the lives of the saints. Since one had to perform miracles in order to be elevated to sainthood, plays which depicted stories about the saints' lives became known as Miracle Plays. Together they are sometimes referred to as Liturgical Plays.
Kurt Russell
Billy Crystal
In the Late Middle Ages, the church outsourced the production and performance of Mystery and Miracle Plays to the guilds, who developed Morality Plays.
The early plays preformed in England consisted of Mystery plays, based on stories from the Bible; Miracle plays, based on biographies of the saints; and Morality plays, which taught moral lessons to the audience.