Medieval Theater

I found the movie to be entertaining. It was certainly more enjoyable to watch examples of Medieval Theater and Mystery Plays than it was to read about it in the text book. It gave interesting examples of plays and we got to see some of the plays that we are reading come to life as they were acted, or even spoken on stage. I found that hearing Everyman spoken was more enjoyable and more easy to understand than it was to read it. There was a lot of dialogue that I didn't quite understand while reading it, but I got a better idea by hearing the emotion and connotation of the actors.

I also thought that it was interesting to see the pageant wagons and how they are still influential in England today. It was especially fun to see how closely related this is to Mardi Gras. Having the actors in such close proximity to the audience must also make it more realistic and easy to get involved with the drama unfolding for the audience members. Finally, I found it cool to hear about how the craft guilds influenced the plays that were put on. It made a lot of practical sense to have the fishermen in charge of a certain scene and the butchers in charge of another simply because they had the right props. It was such a simple and productive solution to a problem that faces a lot of prop and set managers on plays who have to run around to find certain objects. It also got different members of the community from all different experiences and backgrounds together to work on a common goal.