Editing English Renaissance theatre (section)

===Universities===
{{main|Academic drama}}
[[Academic drama]] stems from [[late medieval]] and [[early modern]] practices of miracles and morality plays as well as the [[Feast of Fools]] and the election of a [[Lord of Misrule]].{{sfn|Boas|1914|p=346}} The Feast of Fools includes [[Mummers' play|mummer plays]].{{sfn|Boas|1914|p=8}} The universities, particularly [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], were attended by students studying for bachelor's degrees and master's degrees, followed by doctorates in Law, Medicine, and Theology.{{sfn|Boas|1914|p=13}} In the 1400s, dramas were often restricted to mummer plays with someone who read out all the parts in Latin.{{sfn|Boas|1914|pp=14–15}} With the rediscovery and redistribution of classical materials during the [[English Renaissance]], Latin and Greek plays began to be restaged.{{sfn|Boas|1914|pp=14–18}} These plays were often accompanied by feasts.{{sfn|Boas|1914|p=25}} Queen Elizabeth I viewed dramas during her visits to Oxford and Cambridge.{{sfn|Boas|1914|pp=89–108, 252–285}} A well-known play cycle which was written and performed in the universities was the ''[[Parnassus Plays]]''.{{sfn|Boas|1914|p=346}}