The focus of this study is upon the Corpus Christi plays, supplemented by other performance practices such as festive and social entertainments, civic parades, funeral processions and public punishments. The main argument relates to the traditional approaches to women's non-performance in the Corpus Christi dramas, but other factors are considered and analysed, including the semiotics of the cross-dressed actor and the significance of the visual and spatial language of the processional stage to gender debates. In conclusion, there is a series of readings which reassess the dramatic portrayal...
The focus of this study is upon the Corpus Christi plays, supplemented by other performance practices such as festive and social entertainments, civic...
Medieval English Drama provides a fresh introduction to the dramatic and festive practices of England in the late Middle Ages, placing particular emphasis on the importance of the performance contexts of these events. Undergraduate students of literature of the period will find this an approachable and illuminating guide.
Medieval English Drama provides a fresh introduction to the dramatic and festive practices of England in the late Middle Ages, placing partic...
* Fresh introduction to the dramatic and festive practices of England in the late Middle Ages. * Covers a wide range of canonical and lesser known dramatic practices, with an emphasis on their social and cultural historical contexts.
* Fresh introduction to the dramatic and festive practices of England in the late Middle Ages. * Covers a wide range of canonical and lesser known dr...
