The Theatre of Medieval Europe
New Research in Early Drama

Brings together the work of thirteen internationally recognized scholars of early drama to give a comprehensive account of recent findings in the field.

Eckehard Simon (Edited by)

9780521089203, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 30 October 2008

336 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.5 kg

The Theatre of Medieval Europe brings together the work of thirteen internationally recognized scholars of early drama to give a comprehensive account of recent findings in the field. Whilst reflecting the large body of research on English drama, the book widens the focus of its survey to represent the continental theatre of the period, with a succession of essays covering England, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, central Europe and the Low Countries. In addition, it deals with Latin musical and liturgical drama, and addresses both the archival and stage-orientated aspects of theatre research. In reviewing the field in this way, this collection not only offers an account of recent discoveries across a range of countries and types of drama, but also suggests the comparative and interdisciplinary ground on which these fields of research may increasingly come to meet and cross-fertilise one another in the future. A major feature of the book is its authoritative, chronological and fully-indexed bibliography, which should serve as an invaluable guide to the most significant contributions in the field.

List of contributors
Preface
1. Introduction: trends in international drama research Glynne Wickham
Part I. Latin Drama: 2. Medieval Latin music-drama C. Clifford Flanigan
3. Liturgical drama: falling between the disciplines Andrew Hughes
Part II. English Drama: 4. Modern editions of medieval English plays David Mills
5. The English mystery cycles David Staines
6. Castles in the air: the morality plays David Bevington
7. All the world sas a stage: records of early English drama Alexander F. Johnston
8. The staging of medieval English plays Stanley J. Kahrl
Part III. Continental Drama: 9. France Alan E. Knight
10. Italy: liturgy and Christocentric spirituality Sandro Sticca
11. Spain: Catalan and Castilian drama Ronald E. Surtz
12. Germany and German-speaking central Europe Hans-Jurgen Linke
13. The Low Countries Elsa Strietman
Part IV. Bibliography: Bibliography
Author index
Addendum.

Subject Areas: Theatre studies [AN]