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Informationen zum Autor Dr Richard Beadle is Reader in Medieval English Literature and Historical Bibliography in the English Faculty, St John's College, Cambridge. Klappentext The updated edition of this popular Companion includes new chapters, illustrations, and a revised reference section. Zusammenfassung This Companion has established itself as a standard guide to the field! and this revised edition contains three new chapters and continues to provide an authoritative introduction and an illustrated guide. A thoroughly revised reference section includes a guide to scholarship and criticism and an enlarged classified bibliography. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronological table; 1. An introduction to medieval English theatre Alexandra F. Johnston; 2. The theatricality of medieval English plays Meg Twycross; 3. The cultural work of early drama Greg Walker; 4. The York Corpus Christi play Richard Beadle; 5. The Chester cycle David Mills; 6. The Towneley pageants Peter Meredith; 7. The N-Town plays Alan J. Fletcher; 8. The non-cycle plays and the East Anglian tradition John C. Coldewey; 9. Morality plays Pamela M. King; 10. Saints and miracles Darryll Grantley; 11. Modern productions of medieval English drama John McKinnell; 12. A guide to criticism of medieval English theatre Peter Happé; Select bibliography.
