Religious drama <i>Everyman</i> on Renaissance stage
Neo-Latin drama of the Renaissance times has not been sufficiently researched by Russian scholars. Religious drama Hecastus by Dutch humanist Georgius Macropedius (1487-1558) also known as Joris van Lanckvelt was composed for staging in the monastery, and was first produced in Utrecht in 1538, published in 1539 may be considered to be one of the key creations of the epoch and the experience of bringing together principles of both Medieval and Renaissance traditions. Play was based on Medieval morality play about everybody (everyman) that circulated in the Netherlands and in Britain. Role of scholastic theatre in the origin of West European professional dramatic art is discussed in this paper.