The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-29
Y PLAYS OF' OUR TOREFATIIERS BY
Charles Mills Gayley, LIT y .,5f4S LII.


d. Published BY Dufiield 4 & Il Co..,
OF N CIV York. PIP. 1905 So. SO.
S z Ills valuable and interesting work
contains an account OF the origin and
development Of early miracle and mo-
rality plays, Of which '.Iveryman,. Is
~ rated With reproduc tionsS OF old wood
cMtF.SS Pro fcssor4 g lay ley who has spent
d seve raj years in an exhaMstive study
of this. ape riod, III say in Ills forewo 4.
s&t lave hoped that the reading PUBLIC
might be Interested in the medieval
drama, not only as garl instance OF the
Development of literary art, but as a
chronicle OF the ideals and traditions,
the religious CONSEQUENCES, the 70 q
y 11iancegand memoir of times that seem
sto be remote, bu t. after al are modern
"a N IS asaSinyrind surprisln wa vs., and /. hui
4 man to the core, 4 have sometimes
H used mere reverence. fellow-f ceiling and
4 and times. trust the scholar will
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3 places turned source unterHand adVo-
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.3 skip 49, E8ett u,
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medieval drama, he evolution OF lit
4urgical plays the invasion of tho hu-
4 ,norous clement the boy bishop and the
AZ st. N cllolas play secu lar by products
q iilssa tire and WONDER, tho transition OF
5Sliturglcals plays the secular represent
tuition OF the English cycles, the collec-
a tive story Of the ycles the historical
# order OF the English cycles, tho dra-
q matte development of the En 81 lsh cyclic,
3S tile YoTk schools of humor and realism,
"A the Wakeneld MASTER Il he transition TO
n tho romantic the elements Of patllos
RI and sublilnitS. tho characteristics OF
tho alter mira Mir, cles. henry sterles IN
f6 France, curious traditions In the cycles,
B the oil OF mercy and the holy-rood
oil OF mercy and the harrow
"a Of hell, e#comlng of&antlchrist
..st he relat ton of lnlrac les TO morals and
4 u s. morals to interludcs, solncs.o the
older morals, less- known survi val $ OF
8st lie moral interlude, and less knoTn
I'll fore runners OF romantic comedy.
life arnount2of Information which the
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