The Materials of Early Theatre: Sources, Images, and Performance: Shifting Paradigms in Early English Drama Studies

Twycross, M. (2018) The Materials of Early Theatre: Sources, Images, and Performance: Shifting Paradigms in Early English Drama Studies. Series: Variorum collected studies. Routledge. ISBN 9781472488084

Abstract

The essays selected for this volume are chosen to reflect the important and intersecting ways in which over the last forty years Meg Twycross has shifted paradigms for people reading early English religious drama. The focus of Meg Twycross’s research has been on performance in its many aspects, and this volume chooses four of the most important strands of her work - the York plays; new ways of understanding acting and performance in late medieval theatre, particularly in Britain and across Europe; why scenes are staged in the ways they are, verbally and by extrapolation visually, by close reading of texts against the background of medieval theology; and the attention paid to wider contexts of medieval theatre - concentrating especially on essays that are not easily available today.　 These thematic strands are reflective of Meg Twycross’s major contribution to the field. They also represent those areas from her wider work which will have most utility and value for those, whether students or senior specialists in areas beyond early drama, who are looking for ways into understanding English medieval plays. The crucial work that has been done here has opened new perspectives on late medieval theatre, and will allow new generations to begin their study and research from further along the road.

• Item Type: Edited Books
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: King, Professor Pamela
• Authors: Twycross, M.
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > English Language and Linguistics
• Publisher: Routledge
• ISBN: 9781472488084

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