Playing a Part in History : The York Mysteries, 1951 - 2006 Hardback
by Margaret Rogerson
Part of the Studies in Early English Drama series
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The York Mystery Plays are a cycle of originally performed on wagons in the city.
They date from the fourteenth century and Biblical narrative from Creation to Last Judgment.
After nearly four hundred years without a performance, a revival of the York Mysteries began in 1951 when local amateurs led by professional theatre practitioners staged them during the festival of Britain.
Playing a Part in History examines the ways in which the revival of these plays transformed them for twentieth- and twenty-first-century audiences. Considering such topics as the contemporary popularity of the plays, the agendas of the revivalists, and major production differences, Margaret Rogerson provides a fascinating comparison of medieval and modern English drama.
Drawing extensively on archival material, and newspaper and academic reviews of the plays in recent years, Playing a Part in History is not only an illuminating account of early English drama, but also of the ways in which theatre allows people to interact with the past.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:328 pages
- Publisher:University of Toronto Press
- Publication Date:04/04/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780802099242