The Cambridge companion to medieval English theatre /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Richard Beadle.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY, USA :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1994.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxii, 372 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Cambridge companions to literature
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-364) and indexes.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The drama of the English Middle Ages is perennially popular with students and theatre audiences alike. This book provides an authoritative introduction and an up-to-date, illustrated guide to the mystery cycles, morality drama and saints' plays which flourished from the late fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth centuries. The book emphasises regional diversity in the period and engages with the literary, and particularly the theatrical values of the plays. After a general introduction there are chapters devoted to each of the major regional cycles, the less-well known East Anglian and Cornish traditions, the morality drama and saints' plays. Two illustrated chapters are devoted to the performance of medieval plays, in their own time and in recent modern revivals. A full reference section includes a guide to scholarship and criticism, an extensive classified bibliography and a chronological table.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Bible plays, English-- History and criticism.
Christian drama, English (Middle)-- History and criticism.
English drama-- To 1500-- History and criticism.
Mysteries and miracle-plays, English-- History and criticism.
Theater-- England-- History-- Medieval, 500-1500.
Theater-- Production and direction-- England-- History.
Mystères et miracles anglais-- Histoire et critique.
Théâtre anglais-- Avant 1500-- Histoire et critique.