The rich tapestry of medieval belief, morality, and manners, shines through this comprehensive anthology of the twenty-four major plays that bridge the dramatic worlds of medieval and Tudor England. Here are the plays that paved the way to the Renaissance and Shakespeare. In John Gassner's extensively annotated collection, the plays regain their timeless appeal and display their truly international character and influence. Medieval and Tudor Drama remains the indispensable chronicle of a dramatic heritage - the classical plays of Hrotsvitha, folk and ritual drama, the passion play, the great mortality play Everyman, the Interlude, Tudor comedies Ralph Roister Doister and Gammer Gurton's Needle, and the most famous of Tudor tragedies, Gorboduc. Mr. Gassner's introductions and notes tell a tale of excellence and evolution too easily forgotten. The texts have been modernized for today's readers and those composed in Latin have been translated into English.
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24 plays in one book! Great selection of medieval/tudor plays,
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This one paperback volume includes all of the following:Classical Heritage: 1. Hrotsvitha: Dulcitius 2. Hrotsvitha: Paphnutius Pagan Remains: 3. Christmas Mumming (Play of St. George) Christian Ritual Beginnings: 4. Quem Quaritis Trope 5. Pantomime for Easter Day 6. Easter Resurrection Play 7. Orleans Sepulcher English Passion Play 8. Creation and Fall of Lucifer 9. Man's Disobedience / Fall of Man 10. First Murder: Murder of Abel 11. Deluge: Noah and His Sons 12. Brome: Abraham and Isaac ] 13. The second shepherd's play 14. Pageant of the Shearmen / Tailors of Coventry 15. Death of Herod 16. Betrayal of Christ 17. Wakefield Crucifixion 18. Resurrection: Harrowing of Hell / Last Judgment Cornish Passion Play: 19. Cornwell Death of Pilot Morality Play 20. Everyman Interlude: 21. John Haywood: Play called the Four PP Tudor Comedy: 22. Nicholas Udall: Ralph Roister Doister 23. Mr. S: Gammer Gurton's Needle Tudor Tragedy: 24. Thomas Norton & Thomas Sackville: Gorboduc Bibliography
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There is no external evidence that the six plays written by Hrotsvitha, the tenth-century Saxon nun of the monastery of Gandersheim, were ever performed in her time, although several of them were staged in our own century; two by the present translator, Sister Mary Marguerite, at Mercy College. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thy breeches, thy ship, pageant wagons, sir kings, sweet son, good ale Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dame Chat, Gammer Gurton, Doctor Rat, Gawyn Goodluck, Master Bayly, Sim Suresby, Middle Ages, Christian Custance, Lord God, Sir Pilate, Tristram Trusty, Master Doctor, Matthew Merrygreek, King of Egypt, Master Rat, Saint George, Sister Mary Marguerite, Goodwife Chat, John Heywood, Saint Charity, God Almighty, Jesus of Nazareth, Madge Mumblecrust, Massacre of the Innocents, Sir Caiaphas New!
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There is no external evidence that the six plays written by Hrotsvitha, the tenth-century Saxon nun of the monastery of Gandersheim, were ever performed in her time, although several of them were staged in our own century; two by the present translator, Sister Mary Marguerite, at Mercy College. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thy breeches, thy ship, pageant wagons, sir kings, sweet son, good ale Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dame Chat, Gammer Gurton, Doctor Rat, Gawyn Goodluck, Master Bayly, Sim Suresby, Middle Ages, Christian Custance, Lord God, Sir Pilate, Tristram Trusty, Master Doctor, Matthew Merrygreek, King of Egypt, Master Rat, Saint George, Sister Mary Marguerite, Goodwife Chat, John Heywood, Saint Charity, God Almighty, Jesus of Nazareth, Madge Mumblecrust, Massacre of the Innocents, Sir Caiaphas New!
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- Roister Doister by Nicholas Udall on page 263, page 264, and page 266
- The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society, Vol 71) by G. England in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Ancient Cornish Drama by Edwin Norris on page 189, and Back Matter
- The Spanish Tragedy (New Mermaids) by Thomas Kyd in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Dr. Faustus (Dover Thrift Editions) by Christopher Marlowe on page 205, and Back Matter
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- The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Richard Beadle on page 238
- Blake, Politics, and History (Wellesley Studies in Critical Theory, Literary History and Culture) by George A. Jr. Rosso Jr. in Back Matter
- The Bedford Introduction to Drama (4th edition) by Lee A. Jacobus in Back Matter
- The Bible and Literature: A Reader by David Jasper in Front Matter
- English Dramatic Interludes, 1300-1580: A Reference Guide by Darryll Grantley in Back Matter
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