[mattbgates]

It is very likely that plays were performed by traveling minstrels who had knowledge based on Ancient Greek and Roman mythology, as those stories would've been known and passed down, such as portraying Alexander the Great, Odyssey, and the Trojan Wars.

[mikewarot]

You left out the Spanish Inquisition, and all the other oppression of free thought and speech that characterized the dark ages.

Anything that hinted of the church and Jesus not being the ultimate source of truth was brutally suppressed.

Why would anyone act out what those heathen did? It would be seen as sinful and risking damnation and excommunication.

[krishadi]

This seems to be a method of knowledge transfer from generation to generation.

Did they also re-live the experience?

[mattbgates]

Oral tradition was past down from generation to generation, but then entertainers/performers would spread that knowledge. Children likely enjoyed those shows. They must've been as creative as a few props to bring about the imagination.