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The article is focused on the problem of studying gesture in the late medieval performances of German mystery plays. Gesture in mystery play is considered in the context of medieval culture and art. The author makes an attempt to classify the gestures and identifies their main categories: liturgical, biblical, juridical (legal), psychological, symbolical, parodical, ordinary (everyday) and realistic types. The author analyses theatre gesture based on the behaviour of mystery characters, determinates specificity of gesture in the structure of mystery play performance and importance of biblical texts and liturgy in the evolution of gesture. Special attention is paid to using of late medieval iconographic works in studying gestures in mystery plays. As follows from the analysis of various gestures in mystery play performances, the author gives a new definition of "gesture in mystery play".

Gesture in German Mystery Play in the Late Middle Ages: to the Problem of Studying