Jesuit drama

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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 and spoken Latin, assimilating Christian values and imparting Catholic doctrine.

History

Jesuit drama developped in various European countries in the course of Counter-Reformation as a pesponse to severe critique of Catholicism.