One should also bear in mind that the modern division between secular and sacred doesn't really line up with the way medieval people thought about things--the categories are different.<br><br>There certainly was theater in the Church (the "Play of Daniel" is yet another example). And while there were edicts issued against such things as instrumental music and dance during church services, and against high-ranking churchmen keeping minstrels in their households, the fact that they had to be reissued several times indicates that they were not well-observed.<br>
<br>Tadhg<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Greg Lindahl <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lindahl@pbm.com">lindahl@pbm.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Netflix has a 2001 DVD of a South African performance of a mystery<br>
play:<br>
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Heritage Theatre: The Mysteries<br>
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> I’m also curious though, does<br>
> any one have any evidence for any time and place when the secular theater and<br>
> the church did get along?<br>
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</div>Depends on what you mean by "get along". There are churches today<br>
which consider secular theater a horrible thing. In the Elizabethan<br>
era, theater was condemned by some and wasn't considered bad by<br>
others.<br>
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-- Gregory<br>
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