David Mills

To Chester and Beyond

Meaning, Text and Context in Early English Drama: Shifting Paradigms in Early English Drama Studies
Herausgeber: Butterworth, Philip

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume brings together a selection of the major articles of David Mills (1938-2013), which along with similar volumes by Alexandra F. Johnston, Peter Meredith and Meg Twycross makes up a set of "Shifting Paradigms in Early English Drama Studies". Mills was one of these four key scholars whose work has changed what is known about English medieval drama and theatre. He made major contributions to understanding English medieval theatre in the widest sense but more specifically to the nature and development of medieval plays and their performance at Chester. The scope of his work from manuscript to performance has created new knowledge and insights brought about by his remarkable technical skill as an editor and researcher. His texts of the Chester Cycle of Mystery Plays have become the standard works. In the light of this outstanding research the volume is comprised of four sections: 1. Editors and Editing; 2. Cultural Contexts; 3. Staging and Performance; 4. Criticism and Evaluation. An editorial introduction opens the work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 588g
• ISBN-13: 9780367879389
• ISBN-10: 0367879387
• Artikelnr.: 66583959

Autorenporträt

David Mills (1938-2013) was Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Liverpool, UK; Philip Butterworth is Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, Philip Butterworth. Section 1 Editors and Editing: Modern
editions of medieval English plays; Theories and practices in the editing
of the Chester cycle play manuscripts; Medievalism and revival: editors and
editions. Section 2 Cultural Contexts: Approaches to medieval drama; Music
and musicians in Chester: a summary account; Chester's midsummer show:
creation and adaptation; 'A tale of two cities: Chester and Coventry in the
1490s. Section 3 Staging and Performance: The theatres of Everyman; The
'behold and see' convention in medieval drama; Characterisation in the
English mystery cycles; 'None had the like nor the like darste set out':
the city of Chester and its mystery cycle. Section 4 Criticism and
Evaluation: The 'now' of 'then'; I know my place: some thoughts on status
and station in the English mystery plays; No place like home: the
Northampton 'Abraham and Isaac' play, a re-appraisal; 'The Towneley plays'
or 'the Towneley cycle'?. Section 5 Audience - Defenders and Opponents: Who
are our customers? The audience for Chester's plays; Where have all the
players gone? A Chester problem; Chester's covenant theology; 'Some precise
cittizins': puritan objections to Chester's plays; Some theological issues
in Chester's plays. Section 6 Views on the Antiquarians: Netta Syrett and
the old miracle plays of England; Replaying the medieval past: revivals of
Chester's mystery plays; The antiquarians and the critics: the Chester
plays and the criticism of early English drama; 'The 1951 revival' and 'The
new tradition'. Index.