Medieval DramaMedieval Drama is a textbook, designed to be used by A level and undergraduate students of theatre and drama. It is divided into two major areas, mystery cycles and morality plays, and it examines the plays from a performance perspective. The book makes special reference to those texts contained within selections of plays which can be readily obtained by students, including A.C.Cawley's Everyman and Medieval Miracle Plays (Dent). The staging conventions of pageant waggon performance, place and scaffold playing and the drama of the Hall are explored in relation to the cultural context of the medieval period. |
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Page 21
... actors in the plays were mostly members of the guild which produced the particular play . It seems though that especially skilful actors could be hired to perform in another play as well . A statute of 1476 declares that no actor is ...
... actors in the plays were mostly members of the guild which produced the particular play . It seems though that especially skilful actors could be hired to perform in another play as well . A statute of 1476 declares that no actor is ...
Page 48
... actors very probably knew from folk - tale . We can never know , of course , but the contribution of actors in the creation of the Corpus Christi plays should not be ignored or underestimated . Annual performance would have meant the ...
... actors very probably knew from folk - tale . We can never know , of course , but the contribution of actors in the creation of the Corpus Christi plays should not be ignored or underestimated . Annual performance would have meant the ...
Page 150
... actors needed to make their entrances through the crowds of spectators , an entrance was often anticipated , so that room would be given to the actor attempting to come into the hall.3 Stage directions for exits are very scarce ...
... actors needed to make their entrances through the crowds of spectators , an entrance was often anticipated , so that room would be given to the actor attempting to come into the hall.3 Stage directions for exits are very scarce ...
Contents
PARTI MYSTERY PLAYS | 3 |
Everyman and other Morality Plays | 97 |
The Place | 108 |
Copyright | |
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Medieval Drama Christine Richardson,Colette Rausch,Jackie Johnston,Leigh A. Payne No preview available - 1991 |
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A. C. Cawley Abel Play Abel's actors allegory Angel appear audience audience's biblical Cain and Abel Cain's Castle of Perseverance characters Chester play Christ Christian contrast Corpus Christi plays costumes Coventry Cross Crucifixion Crucifixion Play cycle plays demonstrate Devils didactic ditch EETS effect Elizabethan entertainment episode Everyman fifteenth century God's guilds Hell Interludes Last Judgement Last Judgement Play liturgical liturgical drama London Mankind Medieval Drama Medieval English Drama medieval period Medieval Theatre Mercers Mercy Mischief Morality plays Mummers Mystery Cycles Mystery plays N-Town Cycle N-Town play Noah offer pageant wagon Passion sequence performance physical play world playing area popular possible recognise records reference religious represent response role salvation scaffolds Secunda Pastorum Shepherds Play shows social soldiers souls space spectators speech spiritual stage directions survived theatre tithe Titivillus Towneley Towneley-Wakefield Cycle Towneley-Wakefield play tradition Tudor vices Wakefield Wakefield Master York Cycle