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Early English Drama
- 1975 ----- color ----- 51 min ----- vhs
- When Rome fell to the conquering hoards in 476 AD, formal theater in Western Europe came to an end. It was reborn 500 years later inside the Church. From the marriage of pagan joyfulness and Christian asceticism sprang a new drama. The human instinct to play act reasserted itself; the stories of Christmas and Easter were acted out. The three critical works that are presented here constitute the beginning of English drama: the Quem quaeritis trope, the Brome Cycle Abraham and Issac and the Wakefield Cycle Second Shepherd's Play.
- Topics: (Drama, Literature: English, Religions: Christian)
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