The book, English Religious drama written by Katherine Lee Bates, is defined as...
“The miracle-play was the training school of the romantic drama. In England, during the slow lapse of some five centuries, the miracle, with it’s tremendous theme and mighty religious passion, was preparing the day of the Elizabethan stage, for despite all crudities, prolixities , and absurdities of detail, these English miracle Cycles are nobly dramatic both in range and spirit.” (Pg. 35)
Medieval mystery plays focused on the representation of Bible stories in churches as tableaux with accompanying antiphonal song. The focoused heavily on the morals of the stories and were meant to teach their illerterate audience right and wrong. They used the Seven Virtues and the seven deadly sins.
Seven Virtues: chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, patience, kindness, and humility
Seven Sins: wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony.
Bates, Katharine Lee. The English Religious Drama,. New York: Macmillan, 1913. Print.
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