The Origins of Medieval Theatre: A Conversation with Kyle Thomas

Episode 167

A conversation with Kyle Thomas where we discussed the long transition period between Roman theatre and medieval theatre.  As you may remember from my episodes on the medieval theatre this is a very opaque period where details are few and far between.  In my episodes in season three of the podcast I mostly followed the view that medieval theatre grew out of parts of the church liturgy that became dramatized as very simple, short plays.  As you will hear in our conversation Kyle puts a more nuanced perspective on that and also speaks to the role of the education system of the time in that process.

Links to Kyle’s projects:

Ensemble Member: Stage Left Theatre

Reviewer for ChicagoOnStage.com

Chief Editor of ROMARD: Research on Medieval and Renaissance Drama

Featured Expert on Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (Discovery Channel)

Lead Author of The Play About the Antichrist (Ludus de Antichristo): A Dramaturgical Analysis, Historical Commentary, and Latin Edition with a New English Verse Translation

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