Drama and community : people and plays in medieval Europe / edited by Alan Hindley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hindley, A., editor.

Series:

Medieval texts and cultures of Northern Europe ; Volume 1.

Medieval texts and cultures of Northern Europe ; 1

Medieval texts and cultures of Northern Europe ; Volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama, Medieval--History and criticism.

Drama, Medieval.

Theater--Europe, Northern--History--Medieval, 500-1500.

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 294 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols Publishers, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years medieval drama has seen a marked revival of interest, much of it informed by an increasing appreciation of its multi-disciplinary nature. The drama of medieval Europe is not just literature; it is a social and indeed commercial event, essentially a communal enterprise, inextricably bound up with the structures of society. This collection of essays by international scholars working in collaboration examines various aspects of the inter-relationship between different European communities and the plays they performed. Its coverage of a wide range of theatres and play-types provides a critical and practical perspective on performance cultures of the Northern Middle Ages. The comparative nature of this volume has the effect of underlining drama as a true medieval mass medium.

Contents:

European communities and medieval drama / Lynette Muir

Drama and community in late medieval Paris / Graham A. Runnalls

Community versus subject in late medieval French confraternity drama and ritual / Robert L.A. Clark

Community drama and community politics in thirteenth-century Arras : Adam de la Halle's Jeu de la Feuillée / Frederick W. Langley

Acting companies in late medieval France : Triboulet and his troupe / Alan Hindley

Processional theatre and the rituals of social unity in Lille / Alan E. Knight

Cornelis Everaert and the community of late medieval Bruges / Wim Hüsken

A tale of two cities : drama and the community in the Low Countries / Elsa Strietman

Drama and community in South Tyrol / John Tailby

Individual and social affiliation in the Nuremberg Shrovetide plays / Konrad Schoell

Performing medieval Irish communities / Alan J. Fletcher

Contemporary cultural models for the trial plays in the York cycle / Pamela M. King

Festive drama and community politics in late medieval Coventry / Chris Humphrey

Prompting in full view of the audience : a medieval staging convention / Philip Butterworth

English community drama in crisis : 1535-80 / Alexandra F. Johnston

York Guilds' Mystery Plays 1998 : the rebuilding of dramatic community.

Notes:

Includes four lectures delivered at a conference held Apr. 1997, University of Hull.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

2-503-54166-6