The play was performed in 1378 at the Palais de la Cite in Paris. Spears are used as props by both the Crusaders and Saracens. The original color manuscript illumination was part of the Chronique de Charles V that was produced in the late 14th century. The mummers illustrated on the verso of Plate 181 in Li Romans d'Alixandre show five men, wearing daggers, and disguised in mummer masks. The variety of masks include a falcon, ox, goat, monkey and donkey.
Heraldic devices decorate the surcoats of the donkey, goat, and falcon.
The five mummers on the verso of Plate 181 form a line that is opposite of six women who hold hands and lean their bodies as if to join the mummers in dance.