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The Medieval European Stage, 500-1550

Author : William Tydeman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521246095
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book The Medieval European Stage, 500-1550 written by William Tydeman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-09-27 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a wide selection of primary source materials from the theatrical history of the Middle Ages. The focus is on Western Europe between the fall of the Roman Empire and the emergence of markedly Renaissance forms in Italy. Early sections of the volume are devoted to the survival of Classical tradition and the development of the liturgical drama of the Roman Catholic Church, but the main concentration is on the genesis and growth of popular religious drama in the vernacular. Each of the major medieval regions is featured, while a final section covers the pastimes and customs of the people, a record of whose traditional activities often only survives in the margins of official recognition. The documents are compiled by a team of leading scholars in the field and the over 700 documents are all presented in modern English translation.

The Theatre in the Middle Ages

Author : William Tydeman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521293044
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Theatre in the Middle Ages written by William Tydeman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Tydeman covers central aspects of western European theatre from the Dark Ages to the building of the first public theatres towards the end of the sixteenth century.

The Biblical Drama of Medieval Europe

Author : Lynette R. Muir
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521542104
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (421 download)

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Book Synopsis The Biblical Drama of Medieval Europe by : Lynette R. Muir

Download or read book The Biblical Drama of Medieval Europe written by Lynette R. Muir and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-18 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a detailed survey and analysis of the surviving corpus of biblical drama from all parts of medieval Christian Europe. Over five hundred plays from the tenth to the sixteenth centuries are examined, in a wide-ranging discussion which makes available the full scope of this important part of theatre history. The volume is specially organised to provide a complete overview of major aspects of medieval biblical theatre, including the theatrical community of both audience and players; the major plays and cycles; and the legacy of medieval biblical theatre. The book also includes valuable appendices with information on the liturgical calendar, processions, and the Mass and the Bible.

The Stage as Mirror

Author : Alan E. Knight
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9780859914222
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book The Stage as Mirror written by Alan E. Knight and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1997 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aspects of medieval theatre examined for reflection of contemporary life. The essays in this volume explore ways in which plays and public spectacles mirrored the beliefs and values of the late medieval world. Topics covered include seasonal festivals, trade gilds, stagecraft, and the role played by themunicipal governments in fostering and controlling dramatic productions. The geographic range takes in all western Europe, with particular consideration of the connections between the various medieval European dramatic traditions. Inter-disciplinary in approach, perspectives range from the history of theatre to cultural and political history and literary criticism. There is particular emphasis on the real advances that can be made in expanding knowledge of medieval theatre through research in local and regional archives. ALAN E. KNIGHT is professor emeritus of French at the Pennsylvania State University. Contributors: ALEXANDRA F. JOHNSTON, LYNETTE R. MUIR, PAMELA SHEINGORN, R.B. DOBSON, GERARD NIJSTEN, CLIFFORD DAVIDSON, WIM HÜSKEN, STEPHEN SPECTOR, ALAN E. KNIGHT

The Medieval Theatre

Author : Glynne William Gladstone Wickham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521312486
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (124 download)

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Book Synopsis The Medieval Theatre by : Glynne William Gladstone Wickham

Download or read book The Medieval Theatre written by Glynne William Gladstone Wickham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1987-07-09 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a thoroughly revised edition of Glynne Wickham's important history of the development of dramatic art in Christian Europe. Professor Wickham surveys the foundations on which this dramatic art was built: the architecture, costumes and ceremonial of the imperial court at Byzantium, the liturgies of countires in the Eastern and Western Empires and the triumph of the Roman rite and the Romanesque style in Western art. Within this context Professor Wickham describes three major influences upon the drama: religion, recreation and commerce. The first produced the liturgical music drama rooted in praise of Christ the King, vernacular Corpus Christi drama, Saint Plays and Moralities centred on the humanity of Christ. The second gave rise to the secular theatres of social recreation based on the games and dances of village communities ad the more sophisticated sex and war games of the nobility. The section on commerce shows how the development of the drama was intimately related to questions of funding and management which led, during the sixteenth century, to the substitution of a professional for an amateur theatre, and to a growing emphasis on stage spectacle. For this third edition the author has added a substantial section on monastic reform and its effect on Biblical translation and the use of allegory; a final chapter charts the transition in different European countries from this medieval Gothic theatre to the neoclassical methods of play construction and representation which flourished for the next two hundred years. The book gorges a coherent pattern through a very large and complicated subject. It is an excellent introduction to medieval theatre for undergraduates and to the growing number of theatregoers who enjoy contemporary revivals of medieval plays. A large plate section gives a pictorial version of the story, using photographs of contemporary manuscript illuminations, mosaics, frescoes, paintings and sculptures.

Drama in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Author : Nadia Thérèse Van Pelt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781138189379
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (893 download)

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Book Synopsis Drama in Medieval and Early Modern Europe by : Nadia Thérèse Van Pelt

Download or read book Drama in Medieval and Early Modern Europe written by Nadia Thérèse Van Pelt and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mass murder: shocking spectators of late medieval sacrament plays -- The strumpet saint: eroticism and artifice in Mary Magdalene plays -- Wilhelm Tell and Robin Hood, outlaws or elite? -- The perils of public festivity -- Conclusion: playmakers and their strategies.

A Companion to the Medieval Theatre

Author : Ronald W. Vince
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440808058
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Book Synopsis A Companion to the Medieval Theatre by : Ronald W. Vince

Download or read book A Companion to the Medieval Theatre written by Ronald W. Vince and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1989-03-27 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vince has provided a useful and, for the most part, usable reference work. His introduction should be required reading for anyone approaching medieval theater. Choice Scholars increasingly see medieval theatre as a complex and vital performance medium related more closely to political, religious, and social life than to literature as we know it. Reflecting the current interest in performance, A Companion to the Medieval Theatre presents 250 alphabetically arranged entries offering a panoramic view of European and British theatrical productions between the years 900 and 1550. The volume features 30 essays contributed by an international group of specialists and includes many shorter entries as well as systematic cross-referencing, a chronology, a bibliography, and a full complement of indexes. Major entries focus on the theatres of the principal linguistic areas (the British Isles, France, Germany, Iberia, Italy, Scandinavia, the Low Countries, and Eastern Europe), and on dramatic forms and genres such as liturgical drama, Passion and saint plays, morality plays, folk drama, and Humanist drama. Other articles examine costume, acting, pageantry, and music, and explore the theatrical dimension of courtly entertainment, the dance, and the tournament. Short entries supply information on over one hundred playwrights, directors, actors and antiquarians whose contributions to the theatre have been documented. This informative guide brings new depth to our appreciation of the richness and color of medieval public entertainments and the symbolism and pageantry that were a part of daily life in the Middle Ages. Designed to appeal to general reader, this volume is also an attractive choice for libraries serving students and scholars of theatre history, English and European literatures, medieval history, cultural history, drama, and performance.

A Cultural History of Theatre in the Middle Ages

Author : Jody Enders
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350135313
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis A Cultural History of Theatre in the Middle Ages by : Jody Enders

Download or read book A Cultural History of Theatre in the Middle Ages written by Jody Enders and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically and broadly defined as the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of the Renaissance, the Middle Ages encompass a millennium of cultural conflicts and developments. A large body of mystery, passion, miracle and morality plays cohabited with song, dance, farces and other public spectacles, frequently sharing ecclesiastical and secular inspiration. A Cultural History of Theatre in the Middle Ages provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of theatre between 500 and 1500, and imaginatively pieces together the puzzle of medieval theatre by foregrounding the study of performance. Each of the ten chapters of this richly illustrated volume takes a different theme as its focus: institutional frameworks; social functions; sexuality and gender; the environment of theatre; circulation; interpretations; communities of production; repertoire and genres; technologies of performance; and knowledge transmission.

The Theatre of Medieval Europe

Author : Eckehard Simon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521089203
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book The Theatre of Medieval Europe written by Eckehard Simon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Theatre of Medieval Europe brings together the work of thirteen internationally recognized scholars of early drama to give a comprehensive account of recent findings in the field. Whilst reflecting the large body of research on English drama, the book widens the focus of its survey to represent the continental theatre of the period, with a succession of essays covering England, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, central Europe and the Low Countries. In addition, it deals with Latin musical and liturgical drama, and addresses both the archival and stage-orientated aspects of theatre research. In reviewing the field in this way, this collection not only offers an account of recent discoveries across a range of countries and types of drama, but also suggests the comparative and interdisciplinary ground on which these fields of research may increasingly come to meet and cross-fertilise one another in the future. A major feature of the book is its authoritative, chronological and fully-indexed bibliography, which should serve as an invaluable guide to the most significant contributions in the field.

Drama and Community

Author : A. Hindley
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Drama and Community written by A. Hindley and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been a marked revival of interest in medieval drama in recent years, much of it informed by an increasing understanding that drama is not just literature, but a social and indeed commercial event, essentially a communal effort, inextricably bound up with social structures. This collection of essays examines various aspects of the inter-relation between a number of different 'European communities' and the plays they performed, covering a range of theatres and play-types, and providing an international perspective on performance cultures across Europe. Contributors include Alan Hindley, Introduction; Lynette Muir, 'European communities and medieval drama'; Graham A. Runnalls, 'Drama and community in late medieval Paris'; Robert L.A. Clark, 'Community versus subject in late medieval French confraternity drama and ritual'; Frederick W. Langley, 'Community drama and community politics in thirteenth-century Arras: Adam de la Halle's Jeu de la Feuillee'; Alan Hindley, 'Acting companies in late medieval France: Triboulet and his troupe'; Alan E. Knight, 'Processional theatre and the rituals of social unity in Lille'; Wim Husken, 'Cornelis Everaert and the community of late medieval Bruges'; Elsa Strietman, 'A tale of two cities: drama and community in the Low Countries'; John Tailby, 'Drama and community in South Tyrol'; Konrad Schoell, 'Individual and social affiliation in the Nuremberg Shrovetide Plays'; Alan J. Fletcher, 'Performing medieval Irish communities'; Pamela M. King, 'Contemporary cultural models for the trial plays in the York Cycle'; Chris Humphrey, 'Festive drama and community politics in late medieval Coventry'; Philip Butterworth, 'Prompting in full view of the audience: a medieval staging convention'; Alexandra F. Johnston, 'English community drama in crisis: 1535-80'; Jane Oakshott, 'York Guilds' Mystery Plays 1998: the rebuilding of dramatic community'.

French Visual Culture and the Making of Medieval Theater

Author : Laura Weigert
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107040477
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis French Visual Culture and the Making of Medieval Theater by : Laura Weigert

Download or read book French Visual Culture and the Making of Medieval Theater written by Laura Weigert and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-30 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book revives the variety of performances that took place in the realms of the French kings and Burgundian dukes.

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre

Author : Richard Beadle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139827928
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre written by Richard Beadle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-07-10 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The drama of the English Middle Ages is perennially popular with students and theatre audiences alike, and this is an updated edition of a book which has established itself as a standard guide to the field. The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre, second edition continues to provide an authoritative introduction and an up-to-date, illustrated guide to the mystery cycles, morality drama and saints' plays which flourished from the late fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth centuries. The book emphasises regional diversity in the period and engages with the literary and particularly the theatrical values of the plays. Existing chapters have been revised and updated where necessary, and there are three entirely new chapters, including one on the cultural significance of early drama. A thoroughly revised reference section includes a guide to scholarship and criticism, an enlarged classified bibliography and a chronological table.

Medieval Theatre Performance

Author : Philip Butterworth
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1843844761
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Medieval Theatre Performance written by Philip Butterworth and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2017 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigations into the realities of staging dramatic performances, of a variety of kinds, in the middle ages.

Medieval Theatre in Context: An Introduction

Author : John Harris
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134961898
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Medieval Theatre in Context: An Introduction written by John Harris and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1992. Medieval Theatre in Context is the first systematic attempt to relate the development of medieval drama - both Christian and pagan - to contemporary society and the Christian church.

The Drama of Medieval Europe

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Drama of Medieval Europe written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

City and Spectacle in Medieval Europe

Author : Barbara Hanawalt
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816623594
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (235 download)

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Download or read book City and Spectacle in Medieval Europe written by Barbara Hanawalt and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban ceremonial in the Middle Ages took various forms and served a number of different ends--private, collegial, political, and religious. Broadly construed, urban ceremonial included public functions of multiple sorts. From private, but public, celebrations of births, marriages, and deaths to the grand entries of rulers into cities, the spectacles were designed to impress events on collective memory. - from the Introduction.

Drama, Play, and Game

Author : Lawrence M. Clopper
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226110303
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Drama, Play, and Game written by Lawrence M. Clopper and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2001-05 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How was it possible for drama, especially biblical representations, to appear in the Christian West given the church's condemnation of the theatrum of the ancient world?In a book with radical implications for the study of medieval literature, Lawrence Clopper resolves this perplexing question. Drama, Play, and Game demonstrates that the theatrum repudiated by medieval clerics was not "theater" as we understand the term today. Clopper contends that critics have misrepresented Western stage history because they have assumed that theatrum designates a place where drama is performed. While theatrum was thought of as a site of spectacle during the Middle Ages, the term was more closely connected with immodest behavior and lurid forms of festive culture. Clerics were not opposed to liturgical representations in churches, but they strove ardently to suppress May games, ludi, festivals, and liturgical parodies. Medieval drama, then, stemmed from a more vernacular tradition than previously acknowledged-one developed by England's laity outside the boundaries of clerical rule.