{"id":2628,"date":"2017-07-10T07:30:04","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T07:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?page_id=2628"},"modified":"2017-11-03T19:02:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T19:02:42","slug":"plays-and-entertainments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?page_id=2628","title":{"rendered":"Plays and Entertainments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"exhibition-nav\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?page_id=2586\"><-- Faith and Community<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?page_id=2932\">Dramatic Traditions in the North East<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?page_id=2855\">Music -><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"exhibition-section\">\n<div style=\"float: right;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">An audience singalong in Mankind <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FestiveNE?src=hash\">#FestiveNE<\/a>. More like this in Durham tonight and Sunday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NkIfMjmyaI\">https:\/\/t.co\/NkIfMjmyaI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YRpAHrEUoc\">pic.twitter.com\/YRpAHrEUoc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Durham English (@READEnglish) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/READEnglish\/status\/751392648506793984\">July 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><a href=\"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?page_id=2586\">Corpus Christi plays<\/a> were big community productions, performed in town centres on special occasions. What other kinds of plays do we know about? Not all early drama drew on the Bible: morality plays such as <em>Mankind<\/em> (written c. 1470) and <em>Everyman<\/em> (c. 1520) dramatised general issues about how to live a morally good life in contemporary society.<\/p>\n<p>As part of our festival Theatrum Mundi in July 2016, we invited PLS of Toronto to perform a version of <em>Mankind<\/em> in the market square in <span id=\"durham5\">Durham<\/span>, reproducing the type of performance in a civic space that would have been familiar to audiences hundreds of years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Such plays were often surprisingly funny, using humour to convey important Biblical lessons. Find out more in this podcast with Jamie Beckett:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FREADDurham%2Fa-funny-kind-of-devotion-laughter-in-the-biblical-drama-of-late-medieval-towns-and-cities%2F&amp;hide_cover=1&amp;light=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"exhibition-section\">\n<h2>Interludes<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nature.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2671\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=2671\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nature.jpg?fit=324%2C521&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"324,521\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;KODAK DC280 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;931177259&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;KODAK DC280 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Nature\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nature.jpg?fit=324%2C521&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2671 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nature.jpg?resize=187%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nature.jpg?resize=187%2C300&amp;ssl=1 187w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nature.jpg?w=324&amp;ssl=1 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a>This was a general term used for all kinds of short plays, which often raised topical issues about politics and class. One is <em>Nature<\/em>, by Henry Medwall (c. 1500): this photograph shows the title character in a 2001 production by Durham Medieval Theatre.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"exhibition-section\">\n<h2>Saints Plays<\/h2>\n<p>These are also recorded in many places. In the sixteenth century classically-influenced tragedies and comedies were also performed. Many plays have not survived, and we can\u2019t know exactly what they were about, but the surviving records do show a thriving theatrical culture in the north-east and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Where were they performed? Sometimes in public spaces such as market places: one of the town accounts from Beverley records a play being announced in the market place, so it was probably performed there too.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"exhibition-quote\">\n<p class=\"exhibition-quote-manuscript\">Et in pane &amp; ceruisia datis hominibus de Cotyngham post proclamacionem ludi sui in Communi Mercato ville ix d.<\/p>\n<p>And 9 d. spent on bread and beer for the men of <span id=\"cottingham1\">Cottingham<\/span> after their play was announced in the town market place.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some records show town councils inviting players to give private performances for them and their guests, but the great houses of the nobility also hosted many performances by actors, musicians and other performers. In the north-east, we are lucky that books compiled in some great households, recording payments to visiting companies of actors and house-hold staff including musicians, have survived: the Household Books of the Fifth Earl of Northumberland (c.1515) give very detailed records of daily routine and festive occasions in the Fifth Earl\u2019s castles in Northumberland (Alnwick) and in the East Riding of Yorkshire: Leconfield (now demolished), and Wressle, near Howden.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"exhibition-section\">\n<h2>Entertainments of All Kinds<\/h2>\n<p>Not only locally-produced plays and music but a great variety of other kinds of performances appear in the records of the North-East: jugglers, minstrels, performing bears, dancers and even a tight-rope walker are found. Some were based in our region, others passing through north-eastern towns on tour, but all add to the richness of our cultural heritage.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"Div0\" class=\"exhibition-question\">What is the meaning behind these images? Tap or click them to find out&#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2636\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=2636\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/hexham-piper.jpg?fit=3456%2C4608&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3456,4608\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A2400 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1452076451&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hexham piper\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/hexham-piper.jpg?fit=640%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2636 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/hexham-piper.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" onclick=\"divVisibility('Div1')\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/hexham-piper.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/hexham-piper.jpg?resize=350%2C350&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/hexham-piper.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/hexham-piper.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2633\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=2633\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Will-Kempe.jpg?fit=202%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"202,250\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Will Kempe\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Will-Kempe.jpg?fit=202%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2633 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Will-Kempe.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" onclick=\"divVisibility('Div2')\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2638\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=2638\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beverley-St-Mary-3649-300x199.jpg?fit=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,199\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Beverley-St-Mary-3649-300&amp;#215;199\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beverley-St-Mary-3649-300x199.jpg?fit=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2638 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beverley-St-Mary-3649-300x199.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" onclick=\"divVisibility('Div3')\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beverley-St-Mary-3649-300x199.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beverley-St-Mary-3649-300x199.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2639\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=2639\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fool3.jpg?fit=179%2C219&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"179,219\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fool3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fool3.jpg?fit=179%2C219&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2639 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fool3.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" onclick=\"divVisibility('Div4')\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"Div1\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<h3>A Piper<\/h3>\n<p>Robert Walssh, was paid by Durham Priory for accompanying the harvesters at Billingham, Co. Durham in 1495.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"exhibition-quote\" style=\"width: 55%;\">\n<p class=\"exhibition-quote-manuscript\">Item soluti Roberto Walssh pro ij diebus playnge \u2013 viij d<\/p>\n<p>Item: paid to Robert Walsh for two days\u2019 playing, 8 pence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"Div2\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<h3>A Minstrel<\/h3>\n<p>Rejoicing in the stage-name \u2018Mother Naked\u2019 &#8211; perhaps an ancestor of the modern pantomime dame \u2013 was paid the lowest recorded fee (four pence) paid by Durham<br \/>\nPriory to any performer in two centuries. Was his act thought to be obscene, and the low payment meant to discourage him? We may never know, but it is a fascinating question!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"exhibition-quote\">\n<p class=\"exhibition-quote-manuscript\">vni ministrallo vocato Modyr Nakett <sup>iiij d<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>to a male minstrel called \u2018Mother Naked\u2019, 4 pence<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"Div3\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<h3>Performing Bears<\/h3>\n<p>Performing bears were at the centre of a court case in Beverley, East Yorkshire, in 1522, when John Grene, the Earl of Northumberland\u2019s bear-ward (keeper of bears), was alleged to have insulted a man who interfered with his performance. John Grene was \u2018baiting\u2019 his bears by setting dogs on them to make them \u2018dance\u2019 and fight back: the sort of spectator sport that shocks us now, but which was popular everywhere in past centuries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"Div4\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<h3>Dancing<\/h3>\n<p>Dancing also features in the records. Records in the North-East also show that the Prior of Durham once employed a fool, \u2018Thomas Fatuus\u2019 \u2013 literally, Tom Fool \u2013 who may have been a professional dancer, judging by the number of payments for new slippers for him recorded in the accounts from 1330-1340.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"exhibition-section\">\n<h2>The Dance of Death<\/h2>\n<div class=\"exhibition-three-column-left\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2713\" style=\"width: 175px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_njw1z5dxwK1qmurh1o2_1280.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2713\" data-attachment-id=\"2713\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=2713\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_njw1z5dxwK1qmurh1o2_1280.jpg?fit=1059%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1059,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;GT-S5830i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1418650703&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.5&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tumblr_njw1z5dxwK1qmurh1o2_1280\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Death and a cardinal: painting from&lt;br \/&gt;\nHexham Abbey. Photograph \u00a9 Mike Quinn,&lt;br \/&gt;\nwww.geograph.org.uk\/photo\/738833&lt;br \/&gt;\nunder Creative Commons licence.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_njw1z5dxwK1qmurh1o2_1280.jpg?fit=565%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2713\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_njw1z5dxwK1qmurh1o2_1280.jpg?resize=165%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_njw1z5dxwK1qmurh1o2_1280.jpg?resize=165%2C300&amp;ssl=1 165w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_njw1z5dxwK1qmurh1o2_1280.jpg?resize=768%2C1392&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_njw1z5dxwK1qmurh1o2_1280.jpg?resize=565%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 565w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_njw1z5dxwK1qmurh1o2_1280.jpg?w=1059&amp;ssl=1 1059w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Death and a cardinal: painting from Hexham Abbey. Photograph \u00a9 Mike Quinn, www.geograph.org.uk\/photo\/738833 under Creative Commons licence.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"exhibition-three-column-right\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GHxZ8Su6yLQ?start=2260rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"356\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Less appealing perhaps, but certainly intriguing, is the tradition of the Dance of Death or Danse Macabre, found all over Europe and vividly represented in paintings like this from <span id=\"hexham1\">Hexham<\/span> Abbey, Northumberland. Traditionally, Death is shown \u2018dancing\u2019 representatives of all classes, ranks and occupations to their death \u2013 kings, queens and cardinals as well as more humble people, men and women, old and young. The Dance made the moral point that however powerful in life, we all die in the end; the warning should urge us all to live a good life. There is some evidence that the dance was not only shown in paintings like this, but also sometimes enacted.<\/div>\n<div class=\"exhibition-nav\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?page_id=2586\"><-- Faith and Community<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?page_id=2932\">Dramatic Traditions in the North East<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?page_id=2855\">Music -><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An audience singalong in Mankind #FestiveNE. More like this in Durham tonight and Sunday. https:\/\/t.co\/NkIfMjmyaI pic.twitter.com\/YRpAHrEUoc \u2014 Durham English (@READEnglish) July 8, 2016 Corpus Christi plays were big community productions, performed in town centres on special occasions. What other kinds of plays do we know about? Not all early drama drew on the Bible: morality [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":29,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"exhibition-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2628","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P67HiV-Go","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2628\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}