English drama
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Drama has been composed and performed in England for thousands of years, including some of the most well-regarded stage plays of all time.
Roman theatre at Verulamium (St Albans)
Nineteenth-century engraving of a performance from the Chester mystery play cycle
William Shakespeare, chief figure of the English Renaissance, is here seen in the Chandos portrait.
Aphra Behn was the first professional English woman playwright.
Mummers' play
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Mummers' plays are folk plays performed by troupes of amateur actors, traditionally all male, known as mummers or guisers. The term refers especially to a play in which a number of characters are call
English drama
…was introduced to Britain from Europe by the Romans, and auditoriums were constructed across the country for this purpose. By the medieval period, the mummers' plays had developed, a form of early street theatre associated with the Morris dance, concentrating on themes such as Saint George and the Dragon and Robin…
St. George slays the dragon in a 2015 Boxing Day production by the St Albans Mummers.
Mummers performing in Exeter, Devon in 1994
The Doctor brings St George back to life in a 2015 production by the St Albans Mummers.
Weston Mummers perform at the Packhorse Inn, Southstoke on Boxing Day, 2007.