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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455437303321

Titolo

From page to performance [[electronic resource] ] : essays in early English drama / / edited by John A. Alford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 1995

ISBN

0-87013-884-7

0-585-31642-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AlfordJohn A. <1938->

Disciplina

822.009

Soggetti

English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism

Mysteries and miracle-plays, English - History and criticism

Christian drama, English (Middle) - History and criticism

English drama - 17th century - History and criticism

English drama - To 1500 - History and criticism

Bible plays, English - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Mass as Performance Text; 2. From Mappa Mundi to Theatrum Mundi: The World as Stage in Early English Drama; 3. Asleep Onstage; 4. Acting Mary: The Emotional Realism of the Mature Virgin in the N-Town Plays; 5. The Performance of Some Wakefield Master Plays on the University of Illinois Campus; 6. The Problem with Mrs. Noah: The Search for Performance Credibility in the Chester Noah's Flood Play; 7. The Theaters of Everyman; 8. "My Name is Worship": Masquerading Vice in Medwall's Nature; 9. Plays, Players, and Playwrights in Renaissance Oxford

10. English Chronicle Contexts for Shakespeare's Death of Richard II11. Family by Death: Stage Images in Titus Andronicus and The Winter's Tale; 12. Bearing "A Wary Eye": Ludic Vengeance and Doubtful Suicide in Hamlet; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a collection of 22 essays by scholars in the field of Medieval Drama, mostly relating to performance both past and present.



Alford wrote one essay in the book.