The medieval English stage : Corpus Christi pageants and plays / Alan H. Nelson.

Main entry:

Nelson, Alan H.

Title & Author:

The medieval English stage : Corpus Christi pageants and plays / Alan H. Nelson.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1974.

Description:

xiv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-266) and index.
Introduction : historical inquiry and formal criticism -- Principles of processional staging : York Cycle -- York -- Wakefield -- Beverley -- Lincoln -- Norwich -- Coventry -- Chester -- London -- Miscellaneous towns and cities -- Hereford -- Bungay (Suffolk) -- Walsingham, Lanark (Scotland) -- Worcester -- Haddington (Scotland) -- Dundee -- Dublin -- Shrewsbury -- Leicester -- Reading (Berkshire) -- Cambridge, Salisbury, Glasgow -- Bury St. Edmunds -- King's Lynn -- Yarmouth -- Aberdeen -- Edinburgh -- Louth (Lincolnshire) -- Ipswich -- Perth (Scotland) -- Preston, Lancaster, Kendal -- Canterbury -- Newcastle-upon-Tyne -- Appendix A. Formulas for true-processional productions -- Appendix B. Doubling in true-processional productions -- Appendix C. Ipswich pageant lists.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0226571734
9780226571737

Subject:

Mysteries and miracle-plays, English History and criticism.
Christian drama, English (Middle) History and criticism.
Bible plays, English History and criticism.
Theater England History Medieval, 500-1500.
Corpus Christi Festival England.
Pageants England.
English drama To 1500 History and criticism.
Corpus Christi Festival.
Theater England History.
Mystères et miracles anglais Histoire et critique.
Théâtre anglais Jusqu'à 1500 Histoire et critique.
Fête-Dieu.
Théâtre Angleterre Histoire.
Spectacles historiques Angleterre.
Théâtre chrétien anglais (moyen anglais) Histoire et critique.
Théâtre Angleterre Histoire 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Fête-Dieu Angleterre.
Corpus Christi.
Bible plays, English.
Christian drama, English (Middle)
Mysteries and miracle-plays, English.
Pageants.
Theater Medieval.
Mysterienspiel
Englisch
Toneel.
Pageants Great Britain History.
Theater Great Britain History.
England.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Bible plays.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 36115
Call No.: W14495; ID:88-B7323
Status: Available

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