DRAM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Communal Reinforcement, Lollardy, Social Order

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Dramatic Art
• Course: DRAM 1300
• Professor: Simon Du Toit

Document Summary

Words and concepts to consider: (nb: you may have to look these up in a dictionary or online) Droit du seigneur: legal right allowing the lord of a medieval estate to take the virginity of his serfs" maiden daughters - little evidence that the right existed or was practiced. Maintenance: intermeddling of a disinterested party to encourage a lawsuit. Follows most of the classic tells of a medieval play. Takes place directly before the birth of christ (1 ad), as it includes the birth of. The shepherds are technically biblical characters, but they are set for the me- dieval time to the audience can relate - cycle play. Filled with anachronisms (shepherds refer to the lord when he hasn"t been born) Set in english so audience can understand - vernacular drama. Religious setting, included comedy and outside plot to make it entertaining but also included a miracle/religious story by the end.