Festive Drama: Papers from the Sixth Triennial Colloquium of the International Society for the Study of Medieval Theatre, Lancaster,

by Meg Twycross, Soci Et E Internationale Pour L Etude Du, Societe Internationale Pour L'Etude Du Theatre Medieval Colloque 1989

Essays on festive drama - plays, pageantry and traditional ceremonies - of the European middle ages, with comparative material.

Festive drama, in these studies, includes processions and folk-customs as well as full-blown plays, from Spain, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Britain, Denmark, and Bohemia (now the Czech Republic). The main focus is the middleages, but style and approach are as relevant as time-scale, reflecting a culture in which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859914968
• ISBN13: 9780859914963
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"