The medieval theatre /
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| Author / Creator: | Wickham, Glynne William Gladstone |
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
| Imprint: | Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987, c1974. |
| Description: | xv, 260 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/829865 |
Table of Contents:
- List of plates
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I. Theatres of Worship
- 1. Drama of Praise and Thanksgiving
- a.. Legacies from Palestine and Rome
- b.. Liturgy and Ritual
- c.. Drama of Christ the King
- d.. Drama of the Prophets, Saints and Martyrs
- 2. Drama of Repentance
- a.. Language and Drama
- b.. Reform and Renaissance
- c.. Merchant Princes and Alternative Patronage
- d.. The Feast of Corpus Christi
- e.. The Drama of Christ Crucified
- f.. Patron Saints
- 3. Drama of Moral Instruction
- a.. Popular Education
- b.. Sermons, the Fine Arts and the Dance of Death
- c.. The Drama of Crime and Punishment
- Part II. Theatres of Recreation
- 4. Drama and Nature
- a.. Climate, Seasons and Agriculture
- b.. Folk Festivals
- c.. The Mummers' Play
- 5. Drama and Natural Man
- a.. Courtyard, Hall and Chamber
- b.. War games
- c.. Sex-games
- d.. Mummings, Disguisings and Masques
- e.. Civic Pageantry
- f.. Interludes
- Part III. Theatres and Commerce
- 6. Amateurs and Professionals
- 7. Church and State
- 8. Transitions
- a.. Italy
- b.. Spain
- c.. France
- d.. Germany and The Netherlands
- e.. The British Isles
- Notes
- Appendix. Calendar of Twentieth-Century Revivals of English Mystery Cycles and other major Religious Plays of the Middle Ages in England
- Books Referred to in the Text and Notes
- Index