Peter Greenaway: Artworks, 63-98
- ISBN-10
- 0719056241
- ISBN-13
- 9780719056246
- Series
- Peter Greenaway
- Category
- Art, British
- Pages
- 157
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Authors
- Alan Woods, Peter Greenaway, Paul Melia
Description
Morality plays were the main form of theatre in England between about 1400 and 1600. They usually portrayed a representative Christian figure locked in spiritual conflict. They have recently been revived as early examples of living theatre.
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