Images Related to Medieval English Drama


Coventry Mystery Plays
Coventry Mystery,
From Knight, The Popular
History of England
, 1874.



Pageant Wagon
Middle English pageant wagon.
Scene of Christ before Pilate.
From Sharp, A Dissertation
on the Pageants...
(1825)


Martyrdom of St. Apollonia
Medieval play, c1460, of the
martyrdom of St. Apollonia,
showing a scaffold stage.
Jean Fouquet, Hours of
Étienne Chevalier,
Musée Condé, Chantilly.
Ommeganck
The Ommeganck, 1616.
Denis van Alsloot.
Victoria and Albert Museum.


Pageant Wagon from the Leuven Ommegang, 1482
Pageant Wagon, 1482,
Leuven Ommegang,
Museum Van der Kelen-Mertens


Ludi, mummers, or masquers
Ludi, or Court Masqueraders.
"Dance of the Wodewoses."
Froissart's Chronicles, c1470.


Stage of the Valenciennes Passion Play
Stage used in the Valenciennes
Passion Play, 1547. BNF, Paris.



Mummers
Mummers.
From Knight, The Popular
History of England
, 1874.


Castle of Perseverance
Plan of the staging for The
Castle of Perseverance
, c.1425.



Plan of the Lucerne Passion Play
Plan of the Lucerne Passion Play,
2nd day, by Renward Cysat, 1583.
From Leibing, Die inscenirung
des zweitatigen Luzernes...
(1869)

Antwerp Rhetoric Stage
Rhetoric Stage,
Antwerp 1561.



Mummers' Play at Haddon Hall
Mummers' Play at Haddon Hall
From Nash, The Mansions of
England in Olden Time
(1849)


Reconstruction of a Pageant Wagon
A reconstruction of a pageant wagon.
From Wickham, Early English Stages.



Morris Dancers
Morris Dancers,
From Fletcher's,
History of English Literature


Hellmouth
Hellmouth,
From Fletcher's,
History of English Literature


Medieval Booth Stage
Booth Stage, 1542.
'Cambrai Chansonnier.'
Cambrai Bibl. mun.




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