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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David Mills , Philip ButterworthPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Volume: 1061 Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.870kg ISBN: 9781472478894ISBN 10: 1472478894 Pages: 370 Publication Date: 21 June 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction, Philip Butterworth. Section 1 Editors and Editing: Modern editions of medieval English plays; Theories and practices in the editing of the Chester cycle play manuscripts; Medievalism and revival: editors and editions. Section 2 Cultural Contexts: Approaches to medieval drama; Music and musicians in Chester: a summary account; Chester's midsummer show: creation and adaptation; 'A tale of two cities: Chester and Coventry in the 1490s. Section 3 Staging and Performance: The theatres of Everyman; The ‘behold and see’ convention in medieval drama; Characterisation in the English mystery cycles; ‘None had the like nor the like darste set out’: the city of Chester and its mystery cycle. Section 4 Criticism and Evaluation: The ‘now’ of ‘then’; I know my place: some thoughts on status and station in the English mystery plays; No place like home: the Northampton 'Abraham and Isaac' play, a re-appraisal; 'The Towneley plays' or 'the Towneley cycle'?. Section 5 Audience - Defenders and Opponents: Who are our customers? The audience for Chester's plays; Where have all the players gone? A Chester problem; Chester's covenant theology; ‘Some precise cittizins’: puritan objections to Chester's plays; Some theological issues in Chester's plays. Section 6 Views on the Antiquarians: Netta Syrett and the old miracle plays of England; Replaying the medieval past: revivals of Chester's mystery plays; The antiquarians and the critics: the Chester plays and the criticism of early English drama; ‘The 1951 revival’ and ‘The new tradition’. Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationDavid Mills (1938-2013) was Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Liverpool, UK; Philip Butterworth is Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds, UK Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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