Early Performers and Performance in the Northeast of England

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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This collection explores the evidence for a wide variety of performance traditions up to 1642 in the northeast region of England which was among those most remote from London. While noble and religious houses in the northeast often patronized visiting performers and might be aware of developments in the capital, the region also had lively performance traditions of its own, on every level of society, from the wedding revels, sporting activities, and household fools of major noble families, through civic plays and processions, to the customary annual performances of hunters and ploughmen. The book considers the political, economic, religious, and psychological impulses that affected these traditions, and its closing chapter addresses their possible relevance to the culture of the region today.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-05-31
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEarly Social Performance
Antal sidor256
FörlagArc Humanities Press
ISBN9781641893442

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Diana Wyatt is Associate Researcher, Records of Early English Drama North-East; Honorary Research Fellow, Durham University; and editor of Records of Early English Drama: East Riding of Yorkshire John McKinnell is Emeritus Professor of English Studies at Durham University, Principal Investigator of the project "Records of Early English Drama North-East" and co-editor of Records of Early English Drama: County Durham

Introduction, John McKinnell and Diana WyattComic Performance in the Tudor and Stuart Percy Households, Bob AlexanderWedding Revels at the Earl of Northumberland’s Household, Suzanne WestfallWeddings and Wives in some West Riding Performance Records, Sylvia ThomasTravelling Players on the North Yorkshire Moors, David KlausnerTravelling Players in the East Riding of Yorkshire, Diana WyattNorthern Catholics, Equestrian Sports, and the Gunpowder Plot, Gašper JakovacWool, Cloth, and Economic Movement: Journeying with the York and Towneley Shepherds, Jamie BeckettVisiting Players in the Durham Records: An Exotic Monster, a French Magician, and Scottish Ministralli, Mark ChambersRural and Urban Folk Ceremonies in County Durham, John McKinnellRush-bearings of Yorkshire West Riding, C. E. McGeeBoy Bishops in Medieval Durham, John McKinnell and Mark ChambersRegional Performance as Intangible Cultural Heritage, Barbara RavelhoferBibliographyIndex

Although the volume’s essays vary in length and ambition, their research quality and insightfulness are consistently high. Some of the most salient themes to emerge include the importance of great households as sites for performance; the cultural centrality and contested meanings of unscripted customs; and the connections among performance, religious beliefs, and controversy.[...] Medievalists should seek out this collection for its introduction to a trove of new primary sources and for its range of perspectives on important performance practices—urban, rural, scripted, and unscripted—spanning the medieval and early modern periods.