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, assimilating Christian values and imparting Catholic doctrine. == History == In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, Jesuit colleges spread across Europe, and almost all of these presented at least one play each year.
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, assimilating Christian values and imparting Catholic doctrine. == History == In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, Jesuit colleges spread across Europe, and almost all of these presented at least one play each year.
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