www.medievalists.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1280px-Valenciennes-stage-bnf-ms-fr-12536-f1v-2-e1547932876159.jpg?w=828&ssl=1 828w, The Origin of the European Mediaeval Drama
By P. Wijith Rohan Fernando
International Journal of Scientific Research and Innovative Technology, Vol. 3:1 (2016)
Introduction: The starting point of drama is religion. The root of the modern drama is based on the ritualistic resources of primitive religions. “Such is the case of the notion of ‘ritual drama’, the idea that serious drama is historically grounded in sacred ritual and may still draw on ritualistic resources for its substance.” The ritualistic character of religion is found not only in Greek theatre but in the dramas of other countries as well.
“Scholars had long known and accepted the Greek theatre (and analogous traditions in Mediaeval and Renaissance Europe, Japan, China, and India) had roots in religion and ritual. Aristotle and other commentators had canonized that fact. Indeed Aristotle’s classic statements from the Poetics – that tragedy originated from the leader of the sacred (presumably Dionysian) dithyramb ritual and comedy from the leader of the phallic processions – provided the starting point for every study of the origins of drama.”
Top Image: Frontispiece showing the stage design for a mystery play, The Passion and Resurrection of the Savior, a Passion play performed in Valenciennes in 1547.
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