THEA241 Lecture 7: 9/18 Class Notes
Document Summary
Muslim scholars preserved manuscripts of classical greece and the romans. Early part of middle ages - traveling jugglers, minstrels, and mimes. England had a pageant master and performers used wagons as platform stages in the squares. These pageant wagons or mansions were individual scenic units. Some mansions had a tiring house on a wagon that was parked behind it for the actors to attire or retire to. Used religious characters and themes to teach a moral lesson. A later development from the liturgical plays. Gradual decline of religious theatre and weakening of the church.
