Theatricality and narrative in medieval and early modern Scotland / John J. McGavin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGavin, John J., 1950-

Series:

Studies in performance and early modern drama.

Studies in performance and early modern drama

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama--Scottish authors--History and criticism.

English drama.

Scottish drama--History and criticism.

Scottish drama.

Theater--Scotland--History.

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

John McGavin here analyses narrative accounts of public theatricality in late medieval and early modern Scottish culture (pre-1645). He shows that journals, memoirs and chronicles record events which were often ambiguous in genre, confrontational in action and aimed at both present and future 'spectators'. McGavin demonstrates that early Scottish culture is revealed as much in its processes of witnessing as in that which it claims to witness.

Contents:

Introduction : a witness fit for purpose

The public scene

Enacting revenge

Theatre of departure

From David Lindsay to Skipper Lindsay

The barren show.

Notes:

First published 2007 by Ashgate Pub.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-156) and index.

ISBN:

1-351-88010-1

1-315-23645-1

1-281-89385-4

9786611893859

0-7546-8649-3

9781315236452

OCLC:

367590689