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GCSE History · key term
A medieval religious play acting out Bible stories in the people’s own language, often forming part of a cycle produced and paid for by a town’s craft guilds.
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Revise: Theatre, Stage and ScreenMystery plays acted out stories from the Bible. By the mid-fourteenth century, they were performed as a cycle: a sequence of plays covering the biblical story from the Creation to the Last Judgement, which could last several days. They were performed in the vernacular, the people’s own language, to bring the message of the Bible to ordinary people.
For a question about effects on society, connect an entertainment form to its consequences: who participated, where people gathered and what ideas or values were communicated. Mystery plays taught biblical stories in the people’s own language, while craft guilds organised and paid for performances.
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