Question

Short Medieval plays based on allegorical stories (stories with a moral). These _____________ plays were often performed in universities and were often toured by professional actors.

Answer 1

Short Medieval plays based on allegorical stories (stories with a moral). These morality plays were often performed in universities and were often toured by professional actors.

Examples of some classic morality plays are Everyman , The Castle of Perseverance, Noah’s Flood and Mankind.

Medieval drama was of three types.

Miracle Plays - the subject was a story from the Bible or the life story of a Saint, which were called mystery plays.

Morality plays were dramatized allegories of life of a Christian. It depicted temptations, sins, death with the protoganist representing everyman. The plot revolved around the conflict between virtues and vice.

Interludes- The various short entertainments that happened on stage between plays. Farces were the common form.