04462nam 2200805 450 991045610530332120200520144314.01-282-02936-397866120293631-4426-7908-510.3138/9781442679085(CKB)2420000000004311(EBL)3251285(SSID)ssj0000307871(PQKBManifestationID)11277574(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000307871(PQKBWorkID)10251707(PQKB)10421351(CaPaEBR)417811(CaBNvSL)thg00600468(MiAaPQ)EBC3251285(MiAaPQ)EBC4671886(DE-B1597)464802(OCoLC)979596343(DE-B1597)9781442679085(Au-PeEL)EBL4671886(CaPaEBR)ebr11257575(OCoLC)958571707(EXLCZ)99242000000000431120160923h19981998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRecycling the cycle the city of Chester and its Whitsun plays /David MillsToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,1998.©19981 online resource (296 p.)Studies in Early English Drama ;4Description based upon print version of record.1-4875-7687-0 0-8020-4096-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Play Manuscripts -- 1. Approaches to Early Drama -- 2. Time and Space in Tudor Chester -- 3. Writing the Record -- 4. A Spectrum of Ceremonial and Entertainment -- 5. The Midsummer Celebrations -- 6. Religious Feasts and Festivals -- 7. Professionalism, Commercialism, and Self-Advertisement -- 8. The Past in the Present: The Text of the Whitsun Plays -- 9. Manuscripts, Scribes, and Owners -- 10 .Medievalism and Revival -- Postscript -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index A consciousness of the past has been an essential determinant of community in the city of Chester, England. This awareness and fascination has been bolstered by a strong civic tradition of drama. In particular, the city's Whitsun Plays have been a vehicle for communicating the myth of the city's medieval heritage, helping to reinforce the sense of history that is part of Chester's identity.Building up the material in REED: Chester, David Mills has produced a detailed study of Chester's Whitsun Plays in their local, physical, social, political, cultural, and religious context. A continuum has survived between the Middle Ages and the present day, providing not only an understanding of the plays themselves, but a narrative of the ways in which manuscripts survive and the functions that they serve. The continued performance of these plays is significant of modern play revivals as a political and sociological phenomenon, demonstrating the power that these rituals and plays still hold.›Recycling the Cycle is not only a look at how medieval and Renaissance cultural traditions developed and were maintained over centuries, but an insight into how those traditions can stay fresh and relevant, even today.Studies in early English drama ;4.Mysteries and miracle-plays, EnglishEnglandChesterHistory and criticismChristian drama, English (Middle)History and criticismTheaterEnglandChesterHistoryMedieval, 500-1500English dramaTo 1500History and criticismBible playsHistory and criticismCycles (Literature)Chester (England)HistoryElectronic books.Mysteries and miracle-plays, EnglishHistory and criticism.Christian drama, English (Middle)History and criticism.TheaterHistoryEnglish dramaHistory and criticism.Bible playsHistory and criticism.Cycles (Literature)822.051609Mills David1938-1033157MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456105303321Recycling the cycle2451551UNINA