MEDIEVAL BLOG

So now onto a new section for our class. We've wrapped up Greek Theatre and now we are onto Medieval Theatre. I'm putting my focus on thia Dramaturgy blog section on a York Cycle play titled : "The Cardmakers' Play: The Creation of Adam and Eve".

Let me begin with why the play's title has the words "The Cardmakers'" in it. Back in the day, pre-1500's to be precise, the theatre was poorly funded and the stuff that was funded was through the church, which not to bash on churches but when they funded the plays it just took all the fun out of them. So the town's guilds would sponsor theatre carts and have plays put on, but the catch was that the people who out the plays on had to represent the guilds VERY well, including having the guilds crest put on the front of the stage so that everyone who went to see the play knew which guild sponsored them.

So this play is pretty simple and only consists of 3 Characters:
God: An Omnisious Being that has the Power to create and destroy things.
Adam: the first man to be created from Dirt
Eve: the first woman to be created from dirt and one of man's ribs.

The play is pretty basic as were most of the plays of this time.
It starts of with God talking about his wonderufl creation (Earth) then he makes the animals and Man (Adam), but Adam is lonely all by himself, so God makes Eve out of Adam's left rib. The play soon after ends with God saying how he made the the earth how it was in 6 days and going onto the 7th day he was tired so he was going to take a rest.

and now for the main attraction ladies and gents. my Dramaturgy Blog on Medieval theatre