TEXTS
The complete text from the Electric Text Center of the University of
Virginia
Library.
The
complete text from the Electric Text Center of the University of
Virginia
Library.
The
complete text from the Humanities Text Initiative, University of
Michigan.
From the collection of 'Comedies and Tragedies',
edited by Nicholas
Brylinger, Basle, in 1540.
Translated by C.C. Lee,
Toronto.
Gerard NeCastro of the University of Maine at Machias
presents the basic texts of eleven English comedies, several of which
are very
difficult to find elsewhere:
This
is a developing
site. Very useful.
These useful acting versions of important medieval plays are presented
by
Alexandra Johnston of The University of Toronto, Canada:
- The
Castle of Perseverance (Modernized
by Alexandra F. Johnston, based on an acting
edition prepared by David M. Parry)
- The
N-Town Plays
(modernized by Stanley J. Kahrl and Alexandra F. Johnston)
Two
Pages from Play
Manuscripts
From the
Luminarium Anthology of Middle English Literature website:
- Page
from the Coventry "Play of the Three Kings"
- Page
from the York Mysteries
ARTICLES
Some
very useful notes (from Iowa State University) on:
Part of the Luminarium
Anthology of Middle English Literature website. This general
introduction to
medieval drama discusses Folk
Plays, Mystery Plays, Morality Plays and Interludes.
A paper considering the
cross-dressing of both men and
women in medieval plays.
An
academic article that considers the characterisation of women
(including Gill
and Noah's wife) in this cycle.
Paper about two early fifteenth-century Burgundian plays that was
delivered to
the 5th Annual Indiana University Symposium on Medieval Studies, April
1992.
An interesting background
article written by an
Associate Professor of History at Nipissing University.
A superb study (like
all those produced by Jack Wolcott of the School
of Drama at the University of Washington). It
presents a clear general
introduction to the staging of English Court Masques with a detailed
study of
Florimène,
the
penultimate masque
presented at the court of England's Charles I in 1635.
A fascinating and most informative collection of articles that includes:
- Spectacle
in Early Medieval Castile
- Early
Religious Castilian Drama in the
Vernacular
- The
Corpus Christi Celebration
There is also a most useful appendix listing:
- The
suppression and rebirth of the drama
- The
mystery cycles
- Morality
plays
- The
Vice
- The
expectations of the audience
- Interludes
Really
worth a read.
Comprehensive
bibliography of the thirteenth-century French writer, prepared by Jesse
Hurlbut
of Brigham Young University.
A
detailed and most informative bibliography (written in French) by
Graham A. Runnalls
of the University of Edinburgh and
presented as part of Jesse Hurlbut's
French
Medieval
Drama Database Project.
This
bibliography lists the major articles and books dealing with the
medieval plays written in Cornish.
A
detailed and most informative bibliography (written in French) by
Graham A. Runnalls
of the University of Edinburgh and
presented as part of Jesse Hurlbut's
French
Medieval
Drama Database Project.
A
useful list of critical studies and texts of medieval plays.
From the Medieval Institute, University of Western Michigan, a complete
catalogue of publications, including the monographs and reference books
in the
Early Drama, Art and Music (EDAM) project (edited by Clifford Davidson)
that
has been called 'The major American scholarly enterprise focused on
medieval
drama ...'
A most important list.
This
journal, associated with the Records of Early English Drama, is
published from McMaster University. It will be
published annually, the first volume
appearing in Autumn, 1998.
A
useful list that is part of 'Early Drama, Art, and Music' - a research
project
at the Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University.
University
of Victoria:
Bibliographies
Two useful lists of books:
Moralities
and Mysteries and
Medieval
Drama.
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comments? Please write
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