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All children play. From the infant squealing in delight during a game of peek-a-boo to the older child playing a game of basketball, children of… Morality Plays , A type of drama that developed in the late Middle Ages and is distinguished from the earlier religious types mainly by its use of dramatized allegory… Mystery Plays , mystery plays. Best preserved of the vernacular religious drama which flourished in England, as on the continent, in the high Middle Ages, the myster… Miracle Plays , miracle play or mystery play, form of medieval drama that came from dramatization of the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church. It developed from the… Charolais , Charolais •ballet, Calais, chalet, Hallé, palais, pis aller •matchplay • parlay •cor anglais, franglais •melee, pappardelle, Pelé •endplay • Nestlé •… Passion Play , Passion play
Passion play, genre of the miracle play that has survived from the Middle Ages into modern times. Its subject is the suffering, death, a…
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