Title: Recycling the cycle
First published: 1998
Description: "A consciousness of the past has been an essential determinant of community in the city of Chester, England. In particular, the city's Whitsun Plays have been a vehicle for communicating the myth of the city's medieval heritage, helping to reinforce the sense of history that is part of Chester's identity." "Building upon the material in REED: Chester, David Mills has produced a detailed study of Chester's Whitsun Plays in their local, physical, social, political, cultural, and religious contexts. A continuum has survived between the Middle Ages and the present day, providing not only an understanding of the plays themselves, but a narrative of the ways in which manuscripts survive and the functions that they serve. The continued performance of these plays is significant of modern play revivals as a political and sociological phenomenon, demonstrating the power that these rituals and plays still hold."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Bible plays, Chester plays, Christian drama, English (Middle), Cycles (Literature), English drama, History, History and criticism, Mysteries and miracle-plays, English, Theater, Bijbel, Drama, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LITERARY CRITICISM, Mysteriespelen, Medieval, Histoire, Histoire et critique, Théâtre anglais, Théâtre, Middelengels
Places: Chester, Chester (England), England
Time periods: Medieval, 500-1500, To 1500
LC classification: PR644.C4 M55 1998