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Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan · Clement A. Miles — chapter 2 of 47 · ~52 words · public domain

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CHRISTMAS DRAMA 119

Origins of the Mediaeval Drama--Dramatic Tendencies in the Liturgy--Latin Liturgical Plays--The Drama becomes Laicized--Characteristics of the Popular Drama--The Nativity in the English Miracle Cycles--Christmas Mysteries in France--Later French Survivals of Christmas Drama--German Christmas Plays--Mediaeval Italian Plays and Pageants--Spanish Nativity Plays--Modern Survivals in Various Countries--The Star Singers, &c.

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