
Studies in Fifteenth-Century Stagecraft
J. W. Robinson(Author)
Medieval Institute Publications (Publisher)
Published on 31. December 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
276 pages
978-0-918720-39-9 (ISBN)
Description
Before he suddenly passed away, John W. Robinson was working on a manuscript that he saw as effecting a marriage between the dramatic and the theatrical, as he felt there was too large a divide between literary scholars and practitioners of the theater. In it, Robinson stated that his purpose it to expound as plays the New Testament plays of the Wakefield Master and some of the related York plays, including two by the York Realist. . . . hop[ing] to show that the meaning and effect of the Wakefield Master's and York Realist's plays will not appear unless they are approached with the understanding that they were performed, with some idea of how they were performed, and with some appreciation of what they meant to a medieval audience. That manuscript is presented here, a close study of eight plays and the elements Robinson considers essential to performance: playwright, sponsors, location, plot, script, players, and audience.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Weight
455 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-918720-39-9 (9780918720399)
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Person
J. W. Robinson was a distinguished scholar in medieval drama studies.
Content
List of Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction The Wakefield Master and the York Realist: Playwrights, Playing, Players, and AudienceThe York Play of the Nativity The York Shepherds Play and the First Shepherds PlayThe Second Shepherds PlayThe York Play of the Slaughter of the Innocents and the Play of Herod the GreatThe York Play of Christ before Annas and Caiaphas and the Wakefield Masters Play of the Buffeting of ChristNotesIndex