A share of what I write here I learned from my old mentor John Wasson, a respected scholar of medieval drama, and part comes from my own research and analysis. Nothing could be further from the truth. Second, it is common to assume that people in earlier times were ignorant, stupid, and generally rustic. But among aristocrats, clerics, merchants, artisans, and craftspeople, there was a high degree of literacy. Furthermore, these people were just as intelligent as we are, but manifested their brilliance in areas other than making televisions and automatic dishwashers.
Recent researches demonstrate that most of that scenario is false.
Records now show that medieval secular drama existed just as long as sacred drama, professional actors coexisted with amateurs from the beginning, and the inside of the church was the ideal performance setting for both secular and sacred drama, though both types were also performed outside. Fourth, this drama was much more influential than many folks care to admit. That just isn't so. Shakespeare's Henry V is clearly a saint's play, and a very successful one, too. The audience stood in the middle and merely turned to see a new scene in the next wagon of the pageant.