Review (PDF) Medieval And Tudor Drama: Twenty-Four Plays
(Applause Books). 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.
Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books (April 1, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0936839848
ISBN-13: 978-0936839844
Product Dimensions: 5 x 1 x 7.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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This one paperback volume includes all of the following:Classical Heritage:1. Hrotsvitha: Dulcitius2. Hrotsvitha: PaphnutiusPagan Remains:3. Christmas Mumming (Play of St. George)Christian Ritual Beginnings:4. Quem Quaritis Trope5. Pantomime for Easter Day6. Easter Resurrection Play7. Orleans SepulcherEnglish Passion Play8. Creation and Fall of Lucifer9. Man's Disobedience / Fall of Man10. First Murder: Murder of Abel11. Deluge: Noah and His Sons12. Brome: Abraham and Isaac ]13. The second shepherd's play14. Pageant of the Shearmen / Tailors of Coventry15. Death of Herod16. Betrayal of Christ17. Wakefield Crucifixion18. Resurrection: Harrowing of Hell / Last JudgmentCornish Passion Play:19. Cornwell Death of PilotMorality Play20. EverymanInterlude:21. John Haywood: Play called the Four PPTudor Comedy:22. Nicholas Udall: Ralph Roister Doister23. Mr. S: Gammer Gurton's NeedleTudor Tragedy:24. Thomas Norton & Thomas Sackville: GorboducBibliography
Bought for classFilled with ample plays, not necessarily interesting for people not interested in this genre or type of read
Medieval and Tudor Drama: Twenty-Four Plays was in excellent condition, almost like new.
Page 359 of my copy of this book is blank.
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