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All children play. From the infant squealing in delight during a game of peek-a-boo to the older child playing a game of basketball, children of… Morality Plays , A type of drama that developed in the late Middle Ages and is distinguished from the earlier religious types mainly by its use of dramatized allegory… Mystery Plays , mystery plays. Best preserved of the vernacular religious drama which flourished in England, as on the continent, in the high Middle Ages, the myster… Charolais , Charolais •ballet, Calais, chalet, Hallé, palais, pis aller •matchplay • parlay •cor anglais, franglais •melee, pappardelle, Pelé •endplay • Nestlé •… Miracle Plays , miracle play or mystery play, form of medieval drama that came from dramatization of the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church. It developed from the… Role-playing , role-play·ing (also role-play) • n. 1. chiefly Psychol. the acting out or performance of a particular role, either consciously (as a technique in psy…
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