Jesuit drama

As Jesuit drama expanded, it also evolved, becoming more elaborate.

Most pieces of Jesuit drama contained music of some form.

As Jesuit drama became more extravagant, so these productions were increasingly criticised.

These criticisms added to the already growing anti-Jesuit sentiment in the 18th century, which resulted in the banning of Jesuit drama in many areas.

He held lectures at the universities of Leipzig, Vienna and Barcelona and researched the Jesuit drama, the Škofja Loka Passion Play and the Ruše religious drama.

When, in the 17th century, the splendidly equipped Jesuit drama arose, the Passion Plays (still largely secularized) were relegated to out-of-the-way villages and to the monasteries, particularly in Bavaria and Austria.

Jesuit drama was a form of theatre practised in the colleges of the Society of Jesus between the 16th and 18th centuries, as a way of instructing students in rhetoric, assimilating Christian values and imparting Catholic doctrine.