| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 281 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in early English drama ; 4
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Studies in early English drama ; 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-272) and index. |
| 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. Midsummer Celebrations -- 6. Religious Feasts and Festivals -- 7. Professionalism, Commercialism, and Self-Advertisement -- 8. Past in the Present: The Text of the Whitsun Plays -- 9. Manuscripts, Scribes, and Owners -- 10. Medievalism and Revival. |
| Summary |
"A consciousness of the past has been an essential determinant of community in the city of Chester, England. In particular, the city's Whitsun Plays have been a vehicle for communicating the myth of the city's medieval heritage, helping to reinforce the sense of history that is part of Chester's identity." "Building upon the material in REED: Chester, David Mills has produced a detailed study of Chester's Whitsun Plays in their local, physical, social, political, cultural, and religious contexts. A continuum has survived between the Middle Ages and the present day, providing not only an understanding of the plays themselves, but a narrative of the ways in which manuscripts survive and the functions that they serve. The continued performance of these plays is significant of modern play revivals as a political and sociological phenomenon, demonstrating the power that these rituals and plays still hold."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Chester plays.
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Chester plays. |
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Chester Plays. |
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Chester plays. |
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Chester plays. |
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Theater -- England -- Chester -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500.
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English drama -- To 1500 -- History and criticism.
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English drama. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Subject |
Chester (England) -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mills, David, 1938- Recycling the cycle. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©1998 (DLC) 98200461 |
| ISBN |
9781442679085 (electronic book) |
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1442679085 (electronic book) |
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0802040969 |
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9780802040961 |
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