Early performers and performance in the Northeast of England / edited by Diana Wyatt and John McKinnell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wyatt, Diana, editor.

McKinnell, John, editor.

Series:

Early social performance.

Early social performance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--England, North East--History--To 1500.

Theater.

English drama--To 1500--History and criticism.

English drama.

Entertainers--England, North East--History--To 1500.

Entertainers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 219 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, 2021.

Summary:

This collection explores the evidence for a wide variety of performance traditions up to 1642 in the northeast region of England which was among those most remote from London. While noble and religious houses in the northeast often patronized visiting performers and might be aware of developments in the capital, the region also had lively performance traditions of its own, on every level of society, from the wedding revels, sporting activities, and household fools of major noble families, through civic plays and processions, to the customary annual performances of hunters and ploughmen. The book considers the political, economic, religious, and psychological impulses that affected these traditions, and its closing chapter addresses their possible relevance to the culture of the region today.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Contributors

Chapter 1. Comic Performance in the Tudor and Stuart Percy Households

Chapter 2. Wedding Revels at the Earl of Northumberland’s Household

Chapter 3. Weddings and Wives in some West Riding Performance Records

Chapter 4. Travelling Players on the North Yorkshire Moors

Chapter 5. Travelling Players in the East Riding of Yorkshire

Chapter 6. Northern Catholics, Equestrian Sports, and the Gunpowder Plot

Chapter 7. Wool, Cloth, and Economic Movement: Journeying with the York and Towneley Shepherds

Chapter 8. Visiting Players in the Durham Records: An Exotic Monster, a French Magician, and Scottish Ministralli

Chapter 9. Rural and Urban Folk Ceremonies in County Durham

Chapter 10. Rush-bearings of Yorkshire West Riding

Chapter 11. Boy Bishops in Medieval Durham

Chapter 12. Regional Performance as Intangible Cultural Heritage

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Jun 2021).

ISBN:

1-64189-344-3

OCLC:

1247667546