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Recycling the cycle : the city of Chester and its Whitsun plays /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mills, David, 1938-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [1998]
Series:Studies in early English drama ; 4.
Subjects:
Chester plays.
Mysteries and miracle-plays, English > England > Chester > History and criticism.
Christian drama, English (Middle) > History and criticism.
Theater > England > Chester > History > Medieval, 500-1500.
English drama > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Bible plays > History and criticism.
Chester (England) > History.
Cycles (Literature)
Théâtre > Angleterre > Chester > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Théâtre anglais > Avant 1500 > Histoire et critique.
Chester (Angleterre) > Histoire.
Mysteriespelen.
Middelengels.
Bijbel.
Chester.
Table of Contents:
  • Play Manuscripts
  • 1. Approaches to Early Drama
  • 2. Time and Space in Tudor Chester
  • 3. Writing the Record
  • 4. A Spectrum of Ceremonial and Entertainment
  • 5. The Midsummer Celebrations
  • 6. Religious Feasts and Festivals
  • 7. Professionalism, Commercialism, and Self-Advertisement
  • 8. The Past in the Present: The Text of the Whitsun Plays
  • 9. Manuscripts, Scribes, and Owners
  • 10. Medievalism and Revival.