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Medieval Drama

  • Textbook
  • © 1991

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Authors:
  1. Christine Richardson
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  2. Jackie Johnston
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Part of the book series: English Dramatists (ENGDRAMA)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. General Introduction

    1. General Introduction

      • Christine Richardson, Jackie Johnston
      Pages 1-9

  3. Mystery Plays

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Mystery Plays

      • Christine Richardson, Jackie Johnston
      Pages 13-28

    3. N-Town ‘Cain and Abel’

      • Christine Richardson, Jackie Johnston
      Pages 29-44

    4. Towneley-Wakefield ‘Secunda Pastorum’

      • Christine Richardson, Jackie Johnston
      Pages 45-60

    5. York ‘Crucifixion Play’

      • Christine Richardson, Jackie Johnston
      Pages 61-78

    6. Chester ‘Last Judgement Play’

      • Christine Richardson, Jackie Johnston
      Pages 79-93

  4. Moralities and Interludes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Didactic Drama: ‘Everyman’ and other Morality Plays

      • Christine Richardson, Jackie Johnston
      Pages 97-107

    3. The Place

      • Christine Richardson, Jackie Johnston
      Pages 108-126

    4. Audience and Performance

      • Christine Richardson, Jackie Johnston
      Pages 127-138

    5. Signifying Practices

      • Christine Richardson, Jackie Johnston
      Pages 139-147

    6. Popular and Elite: the Legacy

      • Christine Richardson, Jackie Johnston
      Pages 148-156

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 157-175
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About this book

Medieval 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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