| A | B |
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| Trilogy | a set of three related plays |
| closet drama | a play meant to be read rather than acted |
| saint plays | a religious play based on the lives and legends of saints |
| mystery plays | a form of religious drama based on biblical history |
| passion play | a play concerned with the last week in the life of Christ |
| Mansions | a series of ating stations that represented biblical settings, the Saint plays and Mystery plays were performed with mansions |
| cycle | a series of short plays depicting religious history from creation through doomsday, performed by medieval guilds in the late fourteenth century |
| folk drama | plays originating during the Middle Ages that were presented outdoors during planting time, harvest time and other secular holidays |
| morality play | a play dealing with right and wrong, usually in the form of an allegory |
| moral interludes | a short version of a Morality play that usually includes more humorous incidents |
| Commedia dell'arte | professional improvised comedy that developed in Italy during the Renaissance |
| Raked | to slant or set an angle, a raked stage inclines from the area closest to the audience upwards to the rear of the stage. |
| Peking opera | a form of Chinese drama that originated in the nineteenth century |
| No (Noh) | a six hundred year old Japanese form of drama employing standard characters, simple plots, and intricate language; the oldest form of drama to be preserved in its exact form |
| Bunraku | Japanese drama that features wooden, elaborately costumed marionettes that are about four feet tall; also called Doll Theater |
| Kabuki | Japanese drama from the seventeenth century that combines both No and Bunraku forms of drama |
