The stage as mirror : civic theatre in late medieval Europe / edited by Alan E. Knight.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Knight, Alan E.

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--History--Medieval, 500-1500--Congresses.

Theater.

History.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

viii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY, USA : D.S. Brewer, 1997.

Summary:

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 the municipal 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.

Notes:

Papers from a conference held in 1993 at Pennsylvania State University.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0859914224

OCLC:

37300737