Excerpt from Shakespeare and the Stage: With a Complete List of Theatrical, Terms Used by Shakespeare in His, Plays and Poems, Arranged in Alphabetical Order,& Explanatory Notes The next development in the evolution of the drama is the representation of the liturgical play, written in Latin, gradually being superseded by the religious play written in the vernacular; the scenes depicted consisted chicfly of episodes in connection with the Birth of the Saviour, also of events narrating the Lives of the Saints, together with other legendary characters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.