Philip Butterworth is Reader in Medieval Theatre at the School of Performance and Cultural Industries, University of Leeds. He is the author of Theatre of Fire: Special Effects in Early English and Scottish Theatre, and has published widely in journals on the subject of Medieval Theatre, including essays in 'Medieval English Theatre'. He is currently working, with Joslin McKinney, on The Cambridge Introduction to Scenography, to be published in 2006.
Introduction
1. Jugglers: the creators of magic
2. Feats of activity: juggling, tumbling and dancing on the rope
3. Conveyance and confederacy
4. Appearances and disappearances
5. Magic through sound
6. Mechanical images, automata, puppets and motions
7. Substitution
8. Stage tricks
9. Terminology
Appendix 1. Edward Melton's Text
Appendix 2. Wily Beguiled (1606)
Appendix 3. Beggars' Bush (1622)
Appendix 4. The Knave in Graine (1640).
