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The date and place of the origin of the Cornish 'Ordinalia' remains a mystery though the Cornish language suggests the place to be somewhere in Cornwall. An unconfirmed critical convention suggests that the Ordinalia, a religious trilogy consisting of a Creation play, a Passion play, and a Resurrection play, was composed at Glasney Collegiate Church, Penryn, sometime between 1350 and 1375. A reassessment of the date and place of origin is possible if the phenomenological approach, which involves a belief that the place names indicate the place of the cycle, is given up.
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Women had an active role in Renaissance and Medieval theater, as shown by an analysis of the records from Somerset, England. Female activities are documented for guild drama, parish fund raising, liturgical drama, itinerant performers, entrepreneurs, patrons and sponsors of shows. Somerset has important historical records but it is typical of its times, so it is safe to generalize about the widespread participation of women in theater.
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There are three main iconographies used in the Swedish 'play of the sinner who found mercy,' the oldest extant Scandinavian play. One image system comes from the tradition of St. Procopius of Sazava. Another imagery tradition comes from Vratislaus, a redeemed sinner. The third tradition of imagery comes from the idea of the Virgin Mary as an intercessor during the Last Judgement.
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