"Dramaturgy" Quotes from Famous Books
... original—was the Mystery of Adam, one of the earliest Church plays. Gaston Paris says "it was written in England in the twelfth century, and its author had real poetic talent; the scene of the seduction of Eve by the serpent is one of the best pieces of Christian dramaturgy ... This remarkable work seems to have been played no longer inside the church, ... — Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres • Henry Adams |