English theatre

The origins of the English theatre are linked to religious celebrations especially Christian events.
In the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries, these performances were set in the nave of the church at first, but then they were moved elsewhere and English substituted Latin.
These, called Miracle Plays, had Biblical theme and characters and were staged by members of the guilds, who acted on movable stage wagons called pageants, which stopped in a lot of places of town.

The next development were the Morality Plays, which were the personifications of human vices and virtues and represented psycological interpretation of characters who weren't taken from the Bible. At the end of 15th century Interludes born, which were short plays that combined serious and comic elements and the "actors" acted at lord's house.

Valentina Bacherini