Chapter 7

Pantomime in the English Mystery or Miracle Plays and Pageants--A retrospect of the Early Drama--Mysteries on Biblical events--Chester, Coventry, York, and Towneley Mystery Plays--Plays in Churches--Traces of the Mystery Play in England in the Nineteenth Century--Mystery Plays on the Continent--The Chester series of Plays--The Devil or Clown and the _Exodiarii_ and _Emboliariae_ of the Ancient Mimes