Religion and theatre.

Religion and theatre have actually been very closely linked throughout the history of theatre.

This link, yet again, began in the stone age, where cavemen would have rituals to thank the Gods for survival. This trend continued on to the time of ancient Greece, where there were multiple Gods, of different things. And yet again, people would perform plays to worship the Gods and educate and entertain the general public. However in 1653, Oliver Cromwell became the Lord protector and he banned theatre. He was a very strong Puritan, meaning he believed that theatre was unnecessary, therefore he banned it.

But as time passed, theatre started to remerge into society. And this happened in the churches! Everyday the church started to add more and more aspects of theatre into its ceremonies. This was because many people did not understand Latin (the language the bible was written in). Therefore acting out the message allowed the peasants to understand the teachings easier.

And after the church started to grow in influence so did theatre, until in 1968, theatre was officially allowed to be performed to the public.