!!!Fastnachtsspiele Fastnachtspiele (Carnival Plays), rustic, farcical plays during carnival originating in Nuremberg in the late 15%%sup th/% and 16%%sup th/% century and spreading throughout the German-speaking world. Early carnival dramas were characterised by especially coarse and sarcastic humour and depicted scenes from daily life (marriage, court proceedings); later the themes became more general and included political, religious and literary subjects. !Literature A. Doerrer, Tiroler Fasnacht, 1949. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Fastnachtsspiele|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]