Routledge Research Companion to Early Drama and Performance

Pamela M. King is Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Glasgow. She is an interdisciplinary medievalist publishing on late medieval English literature, theatre, tomb sculpture, and manuscripts, as well as civic festivals past and present.

• Introduction Pamela M. KingSection 1: Northern European Playing before the PlayhouseChapter 1. Liturgical EnactmentNils Holger Petersen Chapter 2. Arras, where burghers and jongleurs meet, play, and develop forms – afterwards seen as theatre…Jelle Koopmans Chapter 3. The Early "Anglo-Norman" and French traditionRobert Clark Chapter 4. Drama in Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, Scotland and BrittanyDavid N. KlausnerChapter 5. Playing in Northern Europe: Setting the Stage for the Low Countries.Elsa Strietman Section 2: Modes of Production and ReceptionChapter 6. Word and Image in Early PerformanceVéronique Plesch Chapter 7. Playing with Time’s End: Cultivating Sincere Contrition in Medieval Last Judgment PerformancesJill StevensonChapter 8. Researching Court PerformanceSarah Carpenter Chapter 9. Dance and Gesture as Media for Dramatic Expression Frances Eustace Chapter 10. Robin Hood Plays and Combat GamesJohn Marshall Section 3: Reviewing the Anglophone TraditionChapter 11 English Biblical DramaAlexandra F. Johnston Chapter 12 Morality Plays and the Aftermath of Arundel’s ConstitutionsCharlotte Steenbrugge Chapter 13 Rehabilitating Academic DramaStephanie Allen, Elisabeth Dutton & James McBain Chapter 14 The InterludeAndrew Hiscock Chapter 15 Touring Players and their Plays before 1570Peter Greenfield Section 4: The Long Middle AgesChapter 16 Manuscripts, antiquarians, editors and critics: the historiography of reception.Pamela M. King Chapter 17Re-enacting the past: medieval English biblical plays and some modern analoguesMargaret Rogerson Chapter 18. The Processional Theatre of Palm SundayMax HarrisChapter 19. The Medieval and the Avant Garde: an Interview with avant garde multi-media medievalist-practitioner/deviser Gro Siri Ognøy Johansen (Norway) Nils Holger Petersen and Pamela M. King.

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