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Medieval English Theatre 47

Medieval English Theatre 47

Carpenter, Sarah
Dutton, Elisabeth
Twycross, Meg

Paperback

Series: Medieval English Theatre, Book 47

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ISBN10: 1843848015
ISBN13: 9781843848011
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: Jun 30 2026
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.41 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Newest research into drama and performance from the Middle Ages and the Tudor period.

Medieval English Theatre is the premier journal in early theatre studies. Its name belies its wide range of interest: it publishes articles on theatre and pageantry from across the British Isles up to the opening of the London playhouses and the suppression of the civic religious plays, and also includes contributions on European, Latin and other cognate drama, together with analyses of modern survivals or equivalents, and of research productions of medieval plays.

This volume explores issues of performance and audience-engagement across a wide range of theatrical texts and genres. It opens with a question of sensibilities. An analysis of the French blindman farces examines their now deeply unsettling scenarios of slapstick violence against the vulnerable. Rather than simple callousness, did their staging rely on diverting the audience's attention from the action performed to the skills of the performer?

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