The miracle play was one of three principal dramatic forms which flourished during the middle ages. Less adventurous in subject matter and characterisation than the mystery, the miracle play was concerned with enacting events and miracles in the life of a saint or a martyr. The mouth of Hell, as staged in a miracle play, […]

Western theatre - Medieval, Drama, Performance: During the Middle Ages, theatre began a new cycle of development that paralleled the emergence of the theatre from ritual activity in the early Greek period. Whereas the Greek theatre had grown out of Dionysian worship, the medieval theatre originated as an expression of the Christian religion. The two cycles would eventually merge during the Renaissance. Between the Classical and early Renaissance periods, theatre was kept alive by the…

Medieval Theatre Time frame: 5th c- mid 16th c Secular theatre died in Western Europe with the fall of Rome Theatrical performances were banned by the Roman Catholic Church as barbaric and pagan Most Roman theatre had been spectacle rather than literary drama

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Today "My Fanciful Muse" is presenting Part 2 of the the Cherub Toy Theater; which are my altered versions based on a vintage German Toy/Paper Theater sheet. Part 1 can be seen HERE, if you need to catch up first. One of my EKDuncan versions of the Cherub Theater with a fun scene and a few characters I love creating little "theatrical" scenes digitally and could not resist making one for this post. For the above scene I used my Rose version of the theater which will appear farther down in…