† guaryn.
Obsolete.
An ancient Cornish miracle play.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > mystery or miracle play > type of
guaryc1450
comedy1530
passion1823
passion play1850
c1450 (c1400) Emaré (1908) 1032 Thys ys on of Brytayne layes, That was used by olde dayes, Men callys playn the garye.
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 71v The Guary miracle, in English, a miracle-play, is a kinde of Enterlude, compiled in Cornish out of some scripture history, with that grossenes, which accompanied the Romanes vetus Comedia.
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 72 A great deale more sport and laughter, then 20. such Guaries could haue afforded.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
<
n.c1450