Editing Mystery play (section)

==Miracle play==
Miracle plays, or Saint's plays, are now distinguished from mystery plays as they specifically re-enacted miraculous interventions by the [[saint]]s, particularly [[Saint Nicholas]] or [[St. Mary]], rather than biblical events.<ref>{{cite web |title=Miracle play |url=https://www.britannica.com/art/miracle-play |website=www.britannica.com |publisher=Britannica |access-date=15 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref> [[Robert Chambers (journalist)|Robert Chambers]], writing in the 19th century, notes that "especially in England, miracle [came] to stand for religious play in general".<ref>{{cite book|last=Chambers|first=Robert|title=Cyclopaedia of English Literature|publisher=Robert Chambers|location=Edinburgh, Scotland|year=1844|oclc=311881902}}, quoted in {{cite book|last=Clopper|first=Lawrence M.|title=Drama, play, and game: English festive culture in the medieval and early modern period|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=2001|pages=69–70|isbn=978-0-226-11030-1}}</ref>

[[Cornish language]] miracle plays, particularly the ''[[Ordinalia]]'' trilogy, the ''[[Beunans Meriasek]]'', and the ''[[Bewnans Ke]]'', were traditionally performed at the [[plain-an-gwarry (theatre)|plain-an-gwarrys]].<ref name=SC>{{cite journal |author1=D. Simon Evans |title=The Story of Cornish |journal=[[Studies (journal)|Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review]] |date=Autumn 1969 |volume=58 |issue=231 |pages=293–308 |jstor=30087876 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30087876 |access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref> To capture the attention of the audience, "the plays were often noisy, bawdy and entertaining."<ref name=HC>[http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/a2m/medieval/plain_an_gwarry/st_just/st_just.htm ''St Just Plain-an-Gwarry''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905113319/http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/a2m/medieval/plain_an_gwarry/st_just/st_just.htm |date=5 September 2012 }} Historic Cornwall. Retrieved 23 September 2012.</ref>