Download or read book The Dramatic Writings of John Bale Bishop of Ossory written by John Bale and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume assembles "The Three Laws of Nature, Moses and Christ," "The Chief Promises of God unto Men," "John Baptist's Preaching in the Wilderness," and other early plays.
Download or read book English Dramatic Interludes 1300 1580 written by Darryll Grantley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-05 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darryll Grantley has created a comprehensive guide to the interlude: the extant non-cycle drama in English from the late fourteenth century up to the period in which the London commercial theatre began. As precursors of seventeenth-century drama, not only do these interludes shed important light on the technical and literary development of Shakespearean theatre, but many are also works of considerable theatrical or cultural interest in themselves. This accessible reference guide provides an entry for each of the extant interludes and fragments (c.100) typically containing an account of early editions or manuscripts; authorship and sources; modern editions; plot summary and dramatis personae; list of social issues present in the plays; verbal and dramaturgical features; songs and music; allusions and place names; stage directions and comments on staging; and modern productions, among other valuable and informative details. There are full bibliographies, indexes of characters and songs, and appendices.
Download or read book On the Queerness of Early English Drama written by Tison Pugh and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book probes occluded depictions of queerness in early English drama, ranging from medieval morality plays to Reformation interludes and beyond.
Download or read book English Miracle Plays Moralities and Interludes written by Alfred William Pollard and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book English Miracle Plays Moralities Interludes written by Alfred William Pollard and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Everyman with Other Interludes Including Eight Miracle Plays written by and published by London : J. M. Dent & Company ; New York : E. P. Dutton & Company. This book was released on 1915 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Interlude of God s Promises In Plain and Simple English written by John Bale and published by BookCaps Study Guides. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of England’s oldest mystery plays. The text is present with both the original translation and a modern translation. Please note, this story is also included in the collection “Everyman and Other Old Religious Plays In Plain and Simple English.”
Download or read book Interludes and Early Modern Society written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this collection, contributed by an internationally distinguished group of scholars, bring up to date many aspects of the criticism of the English Interludes. The development of these plays was a significant part of the history of the growth of English drama in the sixteenth century to the extent that they may be regarded as its main stream. Arising by means of a felicitous combination of the development of printing and the growth of a professional theatre, plays of this type quickly became a forum for the presentation and exploration of many contemporary themes. They became a useful means of disseminating a wide variety of opinions and public concerns as well as exhibiting at times the intellectual brilliance of the Renaissance. The essays here are concentrated upon power, particularly in its religious and political aspects, gender and theatricality. The political and religious upheavals of the Reformation under the Tudor monarchy form a background as well as a focus at times. In particular the position of women in sixteenth-century society is examined in essays on several plays. There is also discussion of the development of theatrical techniques as playwrights worked closely with small acting companies to reach a wide audience ranging from the royal court to the common streets. This was achieved, as a number of essays make clear, through a variety of entertaining theatrical devices.
Download or read book John Bale written by Peter Happé and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents information on John Bale's life and critical interpretation and discussion of his writings.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre written by Richard Beadle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-07-10 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The drama of the English Middle Ages is perennially popular with students and theatre audiences alike, and this is an updated edition of a book which has established itself as a standard guide to the field. The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre, second edition continues to provide an authoritative introduction and an up-to-date, illustrated guide to the mystery cycles, morality drama and saints' plays which flourished from the late fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth centuries. The book emphasises regional diversity in the period and engages with the literary and particularly the theatrical values of the plays. Existing chapters have been revised and updated where necessary, and there are three entirely new chapters, including one on the cultural significance of early drama. A thoroughly revised reference section includes a guide to scholarship and criticism, an enlarged classified bibliography and a chronological table.
Download or read book Two Tudor Interludes written by Ian Lancashire and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book English Historical Drama 1500 1660 written by Barbara Ravelhofer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-12-04 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many readers today associate the early modern history play with Shakespeare. While not wishing to ignore the influence of Shakespeare, this collection of essays explores other historical drama between 1500 and 1660, covering a wide range of different formats. An introduction provides a survey of current criticism, exploring both early modern and contemporary definitions of the 'history play'. Individual essays in chronological order discuss a wide variety of possible sources for historical drama, ranging from oral traditions to chronicles. They also explore genres outside the canon which think of 'history' in different ways, such as shows, moralities and closet drama.
Download or read book A History of English Poetry Table of contemporary European poets from 1450 1600 written by William John Courthope and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Renaissance and the Reformation Influence of the court and the universities written by William John Courthope and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of English Poetry written by William John Courthope and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Staging Vice written by Charlotte Steenbrugge and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2014-05-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Characters representing various sins and vices became the stars of their respective theatrical traditions in the course of the late medieval and early modern period in both the Low Countries and England. This study assesses the importance of such characters, and especially the English Vice and Dutch sinnekens, for our understanding of medieval and sixteenth-century Dutch and English drama by charting diachronic developments and through synchronic comparisons. The analysis of the functions as well as theatrical and meta-theatrical aspects of these characters reveals how these plays were conditioned by their literary and social setting. It sheds invaluable light on the subtly divergent appreciation of the concept of drama in these two regions and on their different use of drama as a didactic tool. In a wider perspective this study also investigates how the moral plays and their negative characters reflect the changes in the intellectual and religious climate of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
Download or read book English Literature written by F. J. Rahtz and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
