Performing Environments

Patricia Badir, University of British Columbia, CanadaSusan Bennett, Univeristy of Calgary, CanadaSusan Crover, University of British Columbia, CanadaElisabeth Dutton, University of Fribourg, SwitzerlandJim Ellis, University of Calgary, CanadaHelen Ostovich, McMaster University, CanadaMary Polito, University of Calgary, CanadaVimala C. Pasupathi, Hofstra University, USAJoseph Rodriguez, University of Iowa, USAJulie Sanders, University of Nottingham, UKAmy Scott, McGill University, CanadaKim Solga, Queen Mary University of London, UKKevin Teo, Nagoya University, JapanClare Wright, University of Kent, UK

• Thinking Site: an Introduction, Susan Bennett and Mary Polito PART I: BUILDING FRAMEWORKS 1. 'The whole past, the whole time': Untimely Matter and the Playing Spaces of York, Patricia Badir 2. John Heywood, Henry, and Hampton Court Palace, Elisabeth Dutton 3. Playing The Changeling Architecturally, Kim Solga PART II: TRAVEL AND TYPOGRAPHY 4. Performing Folk at Kenilworth, Jim Ellis 5. Knights and Daze: The Place of Romance in the Queen's Men's Repertory, Helen Ostovich 6. Geographies of Performance in the Early Modern Midlands, Julie Sanders PART III: PSYCHIC SPACES 7. Mapping Guild Conflict in the York Passion Plays, Kevin Teo 8. Body, Site and Memory in the Croxton Play of the Sacrament, Clare Wright 9. A Taste of High Life at Elvetham: Elizabethan Progresses and the Rural Consumption of Royal Neverwheres, Sarah Crover PART IV: CROSSING BOUNDARIES 10. With the grace off God at th'entryng off the Brigge: Crown versus Town and the Giant of London Bridge 11. Lydgate's Triumphal Entry of Henry VI, Joseph Rodriguez 12. Cymbeline and the Politics/Poetics of Mobility, Amy Scott 13. Locating The Valiant Scot, Vimala C. Pasupathi Bibliography Index

"This impressive volume makes an important contribution to critical work on memory, history, and performing environments in the medieval and early modern periods. The studies interrogate the volume's theme from a range of perspectives, engaging a variety of different genres and media in illuminating ways." - Jill Stevenson, Marymount Manhattan College, USA