Resumen de Bewegte Grenzen: Beobachtungen zum kollusiven Potential ‘heiliger’ Figuren und Gegenstände im Mühlhäuser (thüringischen) Katharinenspiel
Medieval German theater is, when performed in urban squares, characterized by movement in space and the co-presence of actor and audience. Arranged for a performance on a ‘simultaneous stage’, the plays show many ways of engaging the audience, regarding the spatial arrangement and the potential to act in concert. The Mühlhausen Play of St Catherine, which originated in Late Medieval Thuringia, serves as an example for exploring the collaborative processes emerging with the presentation of holiness on the stage. Dealing with the dramaturgic application of ‘holy’ figures and ‘holy’ objects, the contribution aims to detect their radius of action, characteristic scene constellations, and hagiographic image stimuli.
