“[Jehan Martin deposed that he went to Chelles] to see a celebration which was to take place there the following day in commemoration of the Passion of Our Lord. [He met up with several others in an inn, two of whom subsequently] slept that night, fully clothed, on the scaffold which had been erected for the said celebration.”
This primary document written by Jehan Martin in 1394 from France, is from the scholarly article, the Spectacle of the scaffolding: rape and the violent foundations of medieval theatre studies. I chose it to show that these Mystery plays were a big deal! Actors and attendants would sleep over night on uncomfortable scaffolds in order to see these plays commemorating the passion of the lord. The scaffold was located above the stage on the wagons which worked as the stage for these plays.
Enders, Jody. "The Spectacle of the Scaffolding: Rape and the Violent Foundations of Medieval Theatre Studies." Theatre Journal 56.2 (2004): 163-81. Print.
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