chapter eight
THEATER

CarolSymes

The Legacy of Rome … 383
The Renaissance of Charlemagne … 387
The Development of Liturgical Drama … 389
Serious Comedy … 393
The Popular Bible … 396
Plays on the Cutting Edge … 399
Professional Performers … 404
Community Theaters … 408
The Afterlife of Medieval Theater … 412

Geoffrey de Gorron … 414
Arnoul Gréban … 415
Hildegard of Bingen … 416

SIDEBARS AND PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
Primary sources are listed in italics
Medieval Theater Terms … 384
The Festive Year … 385
A Medieval Definition of Theater (excerpt from Hugh of Saint-Victor's encyclopedia, Didascalicon) … 386
St. Augustine Confesses His Love of Theater (excerpt from the Confessions of Saint Augustine, an early theologian) … 387
The Visit to the Sepulchre (excerpt from a collection of liturgical reforms) … 391
The Incident at Riga (Henry of Livonia describes the outcome of a play performed by missionaries) … 399
The Service for Representing Adam (excerpt from The Play of Adam as the Devil tempts Eve) … 400
A Sheep In The Manger: The Second Shepherds' Pageant (the second of two pageants devoted to the role of shepherds in the Christmas story) … 402
Staging The Castle of Perseverance (excerpt from the play's detailed instructions for staging) … 407
List Of Props, Sets, And Costumes For The Last Judgment At York (inventory of materials used for an elaborate annual pageant) … 411
The Censorship of a Medieval Play (excerpt from a letter concerning a play that was controversial to Elizabeth I's Protestant England) … 413
Medieval Theater in the New World (English translation of an excerpt from the oldest surviving play in any Native American language) … 413