Festivals and plays in late medieval Britain
By: by Clifford Davidson.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754660521
Subjects: English drama -- To 1500 -- History and criticism; Mysteries and miracle-plays, English -- England -- History and criticism; Christianity and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500; Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500; Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500; Theater -- Political aspects -- England -- History -- To 1500; Festivals -- England -- History -- To 1500; Cycles (Literature)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.    ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I : the landscape of festival drama; title: Playing and the ritual year; title: "Corpus Christi play" and the Feast of Corpus Christi; title: The York Corpus Christi Guild and drama; title: Play and spectacle at Pentecost; title: Part II : some aspects of two genres of festival drama; title: Suffering and the York plays; title: The vernacular plays for Good Friday and Easter from MS. E Museo 160.