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Books on: (medieval or "middle ages") and (drama or theater)

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Staging Faith: East Anglian Drama in the Later Middle Ages

Book by Victor I. Scherb; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2001

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Christian Drama, English (Middle)--England--East Anglia--History And Criticism, Christianity And Literature--England--East Anglia--History--To 1500, East Anglia (England)--Church History, East Anglia (England)--Civilization, English Drama--To 1500--History And Criticism, Moralities, English--England--East Anglia--History And Criticism, Mysteries And Miracle-Plays, English--East Anglis--History And Criticism, Theater--England--East Anglia--History--Medieval, 500-1500

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age, East Anglian drama is a theater of spiritual aspiration...aspire to be, what late medieval East Anglians might, in...Anglian dramatists hoped late-medieval people could join in honoring...chapter, these devotional dramas are very interested in the...construct. The tyrants are medieval nobles, Herods knights are...
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The Role of Woman in the Middle Ages: Papers of the Sixth Annual Conference of the Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, State University of New York at Binghamton, 6-7 May 1972

Book by Rosmarie Thee Morewedge; State University of New York Press, 1975

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Social History--Medieval, 500-1500--Congresses, Women In Literature--Congresses, Women--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500--Congresses, Women--Social Conditions--Congresses

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages , p. 143. Other literary...Magdalene Tradition: A New Medieval View of Women" read on 1...the Seventh Conference on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan...Abelard; see Grace Frank, The Medieval French Drama Oxford: Clarendon Press...
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The Medieval Popular Bible: Expansions of Genesis in the Middle Ages

Book by Brian Murdoch; D.S. Brewer, 2003

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Bible--O.T--Genesis--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500, Bible--O.T--Genesis--Paraphrases--History And Criticism

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Theatre in the Late Middle Ages, edd. R. Aylett...Rood in Cornish Drama, Studia Celtica...and Redemption in Medieval Literature (Cambridge...Drama, Journal of Medieval and Renaissance...Recreation in the Later Middle Ages (Ithaca and London...Literature and Pulpit in Medieval England, 2nd edn...
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The World of the Middle Ages: A Reorientation of Medieval History

Book by John L. Lamonte; Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1949

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Middle Ages

Collections: History, Entire Library

...It has been remarked that medieval men worked on their cathedrals...plays, the earliest form of drama known to modern Europe. Nor...The construction of the medieval church often took many generations...was little sculpture in the Middle Ages. The statue per se , alone...century. The statues of the medieval churches were always painted...
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Comic Tales of the Middle Ages: An Anthology and Commentary

Book by Marc Wolterbeek; Greenwood Press, 1991

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Comic, The, In Literature, Latin Poetry, Medieval And Modern, Latin Poetry, Medieval And Modern--History And Criticism, Latin Poetry, Medieval And Modern--Translations Into English, Literary Form, Middle Ages--Poetry, Tales, Medieval, Tales, Medieval--History And Criticism, Tales, Medieval--Translations Into English

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Recent Titles in Contributions to the Study of World Literature Contemporary Polish Theater and Drama 1956-1984 E. J. Czerwinski Child of the Earth: Tarjei Vesaas and Scandinavian Primitivism Frode Hermundsgard The Voice of...

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Journal Articles on: (medieval or "middle ages") and (drama or theater)

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Barbara I. Gusick and Edelgard E. DuBruck, Eds. New Approaches to European Theater of the Middle Ages: An Ontology

Journal article; Comparative Drama, Vol. 38, 2004

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Books--Book reviews, New Approaches to European Theater of the Middle Ages: An Ontology (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Approaches to European Theater of the Middle Ages: An Ontology...Theater of the Middle Ages: An Ontology...Maesta: Art, Drama, and Ritual in Late-Medieval Siena" (13...Jesus in Late-Medieval German Plays...
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New Approaches to European Theater of the Middle Ages: An Ontology

Journal article by Lynette Muir; Medium Aevum, Vol. 74, 2005

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Books--Book reviews, New Approaches to European Theater of the Middle Ages: An Ontology (Book)

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...Approaches to European Theater of the Middle Ages: An Ontology. by...European Theater of the Middle Ages: An Ontology, ed...international congresses on medieval studies held during...peasant in ... comic theater present a sociological...survey of Croatian drama, which would be even...
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Theresa Coletti, Mary Magdalene and the Drama of the Saints: Theater, Gender, and Religion in Late Medieval England

Journal article by Katherine L. Jansen; Medium Aevum, Vol. 74, 2005

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Books--Book reviews, Mary Magdalene and the Drama of the Saints: Theater, Gender, and Religion in Late Medieval England (Book)

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...Mary Magdalene and the Drama of the Saints: Theater, Gender, and Religion in Late Medieval England. by Katherine L...Gender, and Religion in Late Medieval England, The Middle Ages Series (Philadelphia: University...in the wider world of late medieval Christian culture. Her method...
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Clifford Davidson, Ed. the Dramatic Tradition of the Middle Ages

Journal article; Comparative Drama, Vol. 40, 2006

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Books--Book reviews, The Dramatic Tradition of the Middle Ages (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Dramatic Tradition of the Middle Ages. Clifford Davidson...Dramatic Tradition of the Middle Ages. Brooklyn: AMS Press...Episode 13) as a Theater-Historical Document...and His Underlings in Medieval Plays" (98-108...Melchisedek in Late Medieval Religious Drama" (109-27); Mikiko...
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Kathleen Ashley and Wim Husken, Eds. Moving Subjects: Processional Performance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Journal article by Clifford Davidson; Comparative Drama, 2002

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Moving Subjects: Processional Performance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (Book)

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...Performance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance...Davidson Ludus: Medieval and Early Renaissance Theatre and Drama, 5. Amsterdam...Performance in the Middle Ages and Renaissance...different from the medieval variety, though...

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Magazine Articles on: (medieval or "middle ages") and (drama or theater)

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Word Become Fresh: Finding God in Theater

Magazine article by Kimberly Burge; Sojourners Magazine, Vol. 36, November 2007

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Bible stories--Portrayals, Jesus Christ Superstar (Play)--Influence, Religion and drama--Evaluation, Religious drama--Evaluation, Theater--Influence

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Become Fresh: Finding God in Theater. by Kimberly Burge Prelude...pagan connotations, the medieval church embraced it in the...The Passion play--the drama that first entranced me...ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED So in medieval times and the Middle Ages, Christian theater basked...wouldnt wish to. Maybe the medieval approach got it right. Focus...
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The Myths of Medieval Warfare

Magazine article by Sean Mcglynn; History Today, Vol. 44, January 1994

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Middle Ages--Military aspects, Military history--13th century, War--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...observations on medieval warfare, the complete...Art of War in the Middle Ages (the first edition...on the appeal and drama of knights and battles...damaging myths of medieval warfare emerged...Unfortunately, the study of medieval warfare has been...records in the later Middle Ages has provided a wealth...
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Angels and Devils: Live Theater and Dead

Magazine article by Taylor Stoehr; The Antioch Review, Vol. 60, Spring 2002

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Children--Psychological aspects, Mass media--Social aspects, Theater--Social aspects

Collections: Psychology, Literature, Entire Library

...call film and video "dead" theater--pressing the metaphor to its limits. Unless the drama unfolds right before our...technological means between any live theater and any media drama, and this is the difference...the ceremony, only in the drama, whereas my role was defined...commemoration, along the lines of medieval pageants or mystery plays...the provocation of street theater and the consolation of communal...
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The Great Work Begins: Theater as Theurgy in Angels in America

Magazine article by Anthony Lioi; Cross Currents, Vol. 54, Fall 2004

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Angels in America (Play)--Theater reviews, Theater--Theater reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Kushners Angels in America as theurgic theater, a door into the Great Work of repairing...been widely acknowledged as religious drama without ironic quotation marks. Hailing it as socially engaged theater in the Brechtian tradition, as an American...as "taut, serious, heart-breaking drama about the AIDS epidemic and ... a witty...
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Theater's New Stage

Magazine article by Herb Greer; World and I, Vol. 15, July 2000

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Theater--Chronologies

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Theaters New Stage. by HERB...strange has happened to theater in America and Europe...own--arose in the Middle Ages, the principal images...produced the verse drama Woyzeck in 1837...and a scattering of dramas about (always despicable...of our stage in the Middle Ages. Heroic Absence There...caricature of the medieval saints who made suffering...streak in Western theater. It may yet be that...

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Newspaper Articles on: (medieval or "middle ages") and (drama or theater)

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MAGICAL MYSTERIES TOUR; the Worldwide Success of a Musical Version of the Mysteries, Which Returns to London This Month, Shows How These Remarkable Medieval Plays Still Speak to a 21st-Century Audience; Arts

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 1, 2009

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Detective and mystery stories, Middle Ages, Musical theater, Mystery fiction

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...version, is to infuse the drama with fresh energy. The South...mysteries were one of many such medieval cycles. In 14th-century...was switched to Whitsun. Medieval Chester was fertile ground...a foal - and only a few of medieval Chesters generally narrow...theological abstraction, the dramas offer a graphic reality...
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Middle Ages Have Never Looked So Good

Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), April 21, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Middle Ages Have Never Looked So Good. Tristan + isolde (12a, 125mins) Drama/romance/action. James Franco, Sophia...a clean and polished depiction of the Middle Ages; the cast looks gorgeous, even with...
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Medieval Marvels Restored to Life; It's Bit of a Mystery Why It Ever Ended, but Now a Centuries-Old Tradition Makes a Return to Durham - and Local People Can Play Their Part. Barbara Hodgson Reports

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), June 13, 2009

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Middle Ages

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Medieval Marvels Restored to Life...were commonplace throughout medieval Europe and, like often...were among the earliest of dramas - reaching their popularity...dont necessarily have to be drama. "It may be a dance piece...He wants to celebrate the medieval pageantry and its community...
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The ORIGINAL GODFATHER; like Don Corleone, Rodrigo Borgia Presided over a Family of Scheming Murderers. Now the Story of Medieval Italy's Most Scandalous Dynasty Is Coming to the Small Screen

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 13, 2011

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Alexander VI, Pope, Borgia, Cesare, Irons, Jeremy, Jordan, Neil, Middle Ages, Whalley, Joanne

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Murderers. Now the Story of Medieval Italys Most Scandalous Dynasty...a sumptuous new historical drama that is every bit as scandalous...said to have killed off costume drama at the Beeb for almost a decade...unfavourably to the hit ITV period drama of the time, Brideshead Revisited...
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Medieval Master; Director Readies Knights, Squires for Dinner Theater

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 8, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Medieval master; Director readies knights, squires for dinner theater. Byline: Donna De Marco...Mr. Cordners domain is the Medieval Times Dinner Tournament, a...On this day, the 16-year Medieval Times veteran is standing in...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: (medieval or "middle ages") and (drama or theater)

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Theater

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

THEATER building, structure...nature of Greek drama made audiences...architectural grandeur of theaters. As the religious...types of traveling theater, performed on...fabula Atellana. Medieval Theaters In the 9th cent. drama returned to the...separate articles on drama, Western ; acting...also articles on theaters and theater groups: Abbey...
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Drama, Western

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

DRAMA, WESTERN plays produced...interest. Roman Drama The Roman theater never approached the heights...conjecture has never been proved. Medieval Drama While the Christian...it is in the church that medieval drama began. The first record...type of drama popular in medieval times was the interlude...classical drama during the Middle Ages, and evidently the only...
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Scene Design and Stage Lighting

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...productions. See also drama, Western ; Asian drama ; theater ; directing ; acting...daylight, and the dramas were frequently designed...performances. The Middle Ages The religious plays of the Middle Ages were performed at...Information about medieval lighting is uncertain...problem only when the theaters were entirely enclosed...
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Directing

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...picture photography . See also drama, Western ; Asian drama ; theater ; acting ; scene design and...form has always existed in the theater. In ancient Greece playwrights...their chorus and actors, and medieval religious plays had either...
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Moscow , City, Russia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Tverskaya Street is Theater Square, containing the Bolshoi and Maly theaters. Encircling the Kremlin...foreign students). Theaters include the Moscow Art Theater , the Bolshoi (opera...ballet), and the Maly Theater (drama). Moscow is the see...commercial center since the Middle Ages and the center of many...

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