The Hellmouth
De Hellemond
Der Höllenschlund
Brány pekelné
La bocca o la porta dell'Inferno
La Boca del Infierno
Helvetets mun
Theatre of fear and morality
Theater van angst en moraliteit
Das Theater der Angst und Moral
Divadlo strachu a morálky
Il Teatro della Paura e della Moralità
Teatro del miedo y de la moralidad
Rädslan och moralitetens teater
Special effects and projection
The Hellmouth is the entrance to Hell imagined as the gaping mouth of an enormous monster, like a whale. Medieval theatre used props, mechanical devices and other effects to frighten the audience by vividly dramatising the entrance to Hell.