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 75
... nature . His sinews can snap when stretched , and do , His veins can burst as no doubt a sachet of paint provided by the Painters was burst to demonstrate at line 147 , yet He makes no complaint . The soldiers , able to perceive only at ...
... nature . His sinews can snap when stretched , and do , His veins can burst as no doubt a sachet of paint provided by the Painters was burst to demonstrate at line 147 , yet He makes no complaint . The soldiers , able to perceive only at ...
Page 108
... nature of the play . Some of the smaller scale performances may be inn - yard plays , possibly relying on the use of a booth stage for the localised space . Plays of varying scope were produced in the indoor hall setting , and we also ...
... nature of the play . Some of the smaller scale performances may be inn - yard plays , possibly relying on the use of a booth stage for the localised space . Plays of varying scope were produced in the indoor hall setting , and we also ...
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... nature , represents the whole world . The audience is included in this world , which is bounded by the major outer scaffolds of World , Flesh , Devil , God and Covetousness ( as primary sin ) . Yet , because there is no outer boundary ...
... nature , represents the whole world . The audience is included in this world , which is bounded by the major outer scaffolds of World , Flesh , Devil , God and Covetousness ( as primary sin ) . Yet , because there is no outer boundary ...
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