English Parish Drama /
English Parish Drama /
edited by Alexandra F. Johnston and Wim Hüsken.
- 1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations.
- Literature and Cultural Studies - Book Archive pre-2000 Ludus ; 1 .
- Literature and Cultural Studies - Book Archive pre-2000. Ludus ; 1. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Alexandra F. Johnston and Wim Hüsken -- Introduction / Alexandra F. Johnston -- Rushbearing: A Forgotten British Custom / David George -- Rushbearings and Maygames in the Diocese of Chester before 1642 / Elizabeth Baldwin -- 'Owre Thanssynge Day': Parish Dance and Procession in Salisbury / Audrey Douglas -- Bull and Bear Baiting in Somerset: The Gentles' Sport / James Stokes -- 'Anye disguised persons': Parish Entertainment in West Yorkshire / Barbara D. Palmer -- 'What Revels are in Hand?' Dramatic Activities Sponsored by the Parishes of the Thames Valley / Alexandra F. Johnston -- Parish Drama in Four Counties Bordering the Thames Watershed / Peter H. Greenfield -- Parish Drama in Worcester and the Journal of Prior William More / David N. Klausner -- 'Interludum Passionis Domini': Parish Drama in Medieval New Romney / James M. Gibson -- A Parish Play in the West Riding of Yorkshire / John M. Wasson.
This collection of essays presents the multiplicity of dramatic and paradramatic activity that flourished in medieval and early modern England at the parish level. The evidence here adduced is largely from churchwardens' accounts and from the records of the ecclesiastical courts. The book contains ten articles that consider the various money making ventures undertaken by English parishes for the support of the church. The authors study subjects ranging from paradramatic activities such as rushbearing, dancing and bull and bear baiting through more hybrid and problematical events such as the king games and Robin Hood gatherings and plays, to what can be considered 'true' drama with sets, props, texts and actors. All the contributors are editors in the Records of Early English Drama project and bring to their material the insights of scholars working with original material in what are still only partially charted waters. »Ludus« intends to introduce those interested in literature, in the performing arts, or in history to the various aspects of theatre and drama from the Middle Ages and the Early Renaissance. It publishes books on closely defined topics, mostly seen from a comparative point of view.
English
9789004652774
10.1163/9789004652774 DOI
Theater--History--England--16th century.
Theater--History--England--17th century.
Theater--History--England--Medieval, 500-1500.
PN2587
792.0942
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Alexandra F. Johnston and Wim Hüsken -- Introduction / Alexandra F. Johnston -- Rushbearing: A Forgotten British Custom / David George -- Rushbearings and Maygames in the Diocese of Chester before 1642 / Elizabeth Baldwin -- 'Owre Thanssynge Day': Parish Dance and Procession in Salisbury / Audrey Douglas -- Bull and Bear Baiting in Somerset: The Gentles' Sport / James Stokes -- 'Anye disguised persons': Parish Entertainment in West Yorkshire / Barbara D. Palmer -- 'What Revels are in Hand?' Dramatic Activities Sponsored by the Parishes of the Thames Valley / Alexandra F. Johnston -- Parish Drama in Four Counties Bordering the Thames Watershed / Peter H. Greenfield -- Parish Drama in Worcester and the Journal of Prior William More / David N. Klausner -- 'Interludum Passionis Domini': Parish Drama in Medieval New Romney / James M. Gibson -- A Parish Play in the West Riding of Yorkshire / John M. Wasson.
This collection of essays presents the multiplicity of dramatic and paradramatic activity that flourished in medieval and early modern England at the parish level. The evidence here adduced is largely from churchwardens' accounts and from the records of the ecclesiastical courts. The book contains ten articles that consider the various money making ventures undertaken by English parishes for the support of the church. The authors study subjects ranging from paradramatic activities such as rushbearing, dancing and bull and bear baiting through more hybrid and problematical events such as the king games and Robin Hood gatherings and plays, to what can be considered 'true' drama with sets, props, texts and actors. All the contributors are editors in the Records of Early English Drama project and bring to their material the insights of scholars working with original material in what are still only partially charted waters. »Ludus« intends to introduce those interested in literature, in the performing arts, or in history to the various aspects of theatre and drama from the Middle Ages and the Early Renaissance. It publishes books on closely defined topics, mostly seen from a comparative point of view.
English
9789004652774
10.1163/9789004652774 DOI
Theater--History--England--16th century.
Theater--History--England--17th century.
Theater--History--England--Medieval, 500-1500.
PN2587
792.0942