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Meaning of "mystery plays"

Refers to a genre of medieval drama that depicted biblical stories, often focusing on mysteries of faith. These plays were performed in cycles, presenting multiple episodes or biblical events
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The community theatre is doing the mystery plays.
The york mystery plays summary of the odyssey.
These are perhaps the equivalent of mediaeval mystery plays.
On mystery plays.
Katherine is credited with the production of several mystery plays.
The medieval mystery plays were presented at the major Christian feasts.
Origin of the mystery plays.
And it was common for her to be depicted in this manner in mystery plays.
This character also existed in the mystery plays of the medieval Church.
The mystery plays of Rome were calculated to appeal to and move the feelings.
The dramas of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods were developed out of mystery plays.
Medieval mystery plays continue to be enacted in key English towns and cities.
But the underlying message is similar to the mystery plays from the Middle Ages.
Mystery plays and miracle plays are among the earliest formally developed plays in medieval Europe.
The collection appears to be a cycle of mystery plays performed during the Corpus Christi festival.

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Dead Calling was one of the first Hmong mystery plays.
Mystery Plays are still produced regularly throughout the United Kingdom.
Mummers ' plays should not be confused with the earlier mystery plays.
Mystery plays were sometimes performed, and they might also be used for fairs.
Oh, good grief This is from York Film Archive and it 's of the mystery plays.
Mystery plays were performed in cathedrals, and cathedrals might also be used for fairs.
Other shorter cycles omit it, and the Chester Mystery Plays take 70 lines to cover it.
These were called mystery plays because they revealed the mystery of God 's word.
Mystery plays arose early in France, with French being used instead of Latin after 1210.
In 1974 a cycle of medieval mystery plays were staged in the grounds of Wolvesy Castle.
In England, mystery plays from four towns have survived, Chester, York, Wakefield, and Coventry.
Apart from the Mystery Plays themselves, there are occasionally other performances.
Famous writers of mystery plays include Andreas Gryphius, Hugo von Hoffmansthal, and Calderon.
The Chester Mystery Plays were revived in 1951, as part of the Festival of Britain celebrations.

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