Drama and Community: People and Plays in Medieval Europe

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In recent years medieval drama has seen a marked revival of interest, much of it informed by an increasing appreciation of its multi-disciplinary nature. The drama of medieval Europe is not just literature; it is a social and indeed commercial event, essentially a communal enterprise, inextricably bound up with the structures of society. This collection of essays by international scholars working in collaboration examines various aspects of the inter-relationship between different European communities and the plays they performed. Its coverage of a wide range of theatres and play-types provides a critical and practical perspective on performance cultures of the Northern Middle Ages. The comparative nature of this volume has the effect of underlining drama as a true medieval mass medium. Front matter (“Contents”, “Acknowledgments”, “Introduction”), p. i Free Access European communities and medieval drama, p. 1 Lynette Muir https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4815 Drama and community in late medieval Paris, p. 18 Graham A. Runnalls https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4816 Community versus subject in late medieval French confraternity drama and ritual, p. 34 Robert L.A. Clark https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4817 Community drama and community politics in thirteenth-century Arras: Adam de la Halle’s Jeu de la Feuillée, p. 57 Frederick W. Langley https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4818 Acting companies in late medieval France: Triboulet and his troupe, p. 78 Alan Hindley https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4819 Processional theatre and the rituals of social unity in Lille, p. 99 Alan E. Knight https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4820 Cornelis Everaert and the community of late medieval Bruges, p. 110 Wim Hüsken https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4821 A tale of two cities: drama and the community in the Low Countries, p. 126 Elsa Strietman https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4822 Drama and community in South Tyrol, p. 148 John Tailby https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4823 Individual and social affiliation in the Nuremberg Shrovetide Plays, p. 161 Konrad Schoell https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4824 Performing medieval Irish communities, p. 179 Alan J. Fletcher https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4825 Contemporary cultural models for the trial plays in the York Cycle, p. 200 Pamela M. King https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4826 Festive drama and community politics in late medieval Coventry, p. 217 Chris Humphrey https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4827 Prompting in full view of the audience: a medieval staging convention, p. 231 Philip Butterworth https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4828 English community drama in crisis: 1535-80, p. 248 Alexandra F. Johnston https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4829 York Guilds’ Mystery Plays 1998: the rebuilding of dramatic community, p. 270 Jane Oakshott https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4830 Back matter (“Contributors”), p. 290