The York Corpus Christi Plays
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The York Corpus Christi Plays
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Author : Clifford Davidson
language : en
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Release Date : 2011-10-01
The York Corpus Christi Plays written by Clifford Davidson and has been published by Medieval Institute Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-01 with History categories.
The feast of Corpus Christi, celebrated annually on Thursday after Trinity Sunday, was devoted to the Eucharist, and the normal practice was to have solemn processions through the city with the Host, the consecrated wafer that was believed to have been transformed into the true body and blood of Jesus. In this way the "cultus Dei" thus celebrated allowed the people to venerate the Eucharistic bread in order that they might be stimulated to devotion and brought symbolically, even mystically into a relationship with the central moments of salvation history. Perhaps it is logical, therefore, that pageants and plays were introduced in order to access yet another way of visualizing and participating in those events. Thus the "invisible things" of the divine order "from the creation of the world" might be displayed. The York Corpus Christi Plays, contained in London, British Library, MS. Add. 35290 and comprising more than thirteen thousand lines of verse, actually represent a unique survival of medieval theater. They form the only complete play cycle verifiably associated with the feast of Corpus Christi that is extant and was performed at a specific location in England.
The York Corpus Christi Play Selected Pageants
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Author : Christina M. Fitzgerald
language : en
Publisher: Broadview Press
Release Date : 2018-06-15
The York Corpus Christi Play Selected Pageants written by Christina M. Fitzgerald and has been published by Broadview Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-15 with Drama categories.
The York Corpus Christi Play as we know it consists of 47 surviving individual plays or “pageants,” 27 of which are included in this volume; together, these 27 plays represent the cycle’s core narrative of creation, fall, and salvation. This new edition offers extensive annotation (both marginal glosses and explanatory footnotes), an illuminating introduction, and a helpful selection of background contextual materials.
Poetry And Drama In The York Corpus Christi Play
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Author : Richard J. Collier
language : en
Publisher: Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books
Release Date : 1978
Poetry And Drama In The York Corpus Christi Play written by Richard J. Collier and has been published by Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Bible plays, English categories.
York Mystery Plays
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Author : Richard Beadle
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 1999-06-17
York Mystery Plays written by Richard Beadle and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-06-17 with Drama categories.
This volume offers 22 of the central pageants which make up York's famous Corpus Christi cycle. The York cycle is the oldest and best-known of the English mystery cycles, and its depth and scope are reflected in the selection printed here. The shape of the cycle was governed by subject matter of enduring spiritual significance, both to its contemporary audience and in later literary and artistic tradition, and the selection reflects these concerns. Included are plays on the Creation, the Fall of Man, the Incarnation, Passion, and Resurrection of Christ, and the Last Judgement. The Passion sequence has been expanded by six of the eight plays generally attributed to the great poetic dramatist known as the York Realist: the authentic text of these plays is not otherwise available in paperback. As well as providing detailed annotation, this edition offers an introduction which examines the history of the cycle and discusses the immensely popular modern productions in York and elsewhere. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
The York Mystery Plays
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Author : Margaret Rogerson
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 2011
The York Mystery Plays written by Margaret Rogerson and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Drama categories.
Essays on the York Mystery Plays, uniting voices from the scholarly world with the York community that has assumed responsibility for their production today. The York Play of Corpus Christi, also known as the York Cycle, has been central to the study of early English theatre for over a century and a touchstone for the revival of medieval dramatic practice for over fifty years. But these two endeavours... have often found little common ground. This volume therefore accomplishes something very important. It brings together scholars of medieval English drama and places them in dialogue with experienced practtitioners from the community. Together, they share a common commitment to understanding how performances matter to the communities that produce them, and how plays intersect with other public activities. CAROL SYMES, Professor of History, University of Illinois at Urbana. This volume provides a wealth of new insights into the performance of mystery plays in medieval York and their modern revival. It utilises both academic study, and the practical experience of those who now produce the cycle within York itself on wagons in the street, in an approximation of their original performance. A number of topics are covered. The manuscript is linked to Richard III; the Masons are introduced as non-guildsmen in an enterprise assumed to be guild-specific; families, not just male heads of households, are shown to be important to the dramatic narrative; and cognitive theory elucidates performance past and present.Recent productions are discussed in lively detail by those directly responsible for them, leading to analyses of performances in Israel, Spain, and Australia, not all of them of a predictable kind, which offer further angles on the medieval dramatic tradition. Professor Margaret Rogerson teaches in the Department of English at the University of Sydney. Contributors: Margaret Rogerson, Keith Jones, Richard Beadle, Sheila K. Christie,Mike Tyler, Jill Stevenson, Elenid Davies, Ben Pugh, Peter Brown, Tony Wright, Steve Bielby, Emma Cunningham, Alan Heaven, Linda Ali, Paul Toy, Gweno Williams, John Merrylees, David Richmond, Alexandra F. Johnston, Sharon Aronson-Lehavi, Pamela M. King
Signifying God
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Author : Sarah Beckwith
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2001-11
Signifying God written by Sarah Beckwith and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-11 with Drama categories.
In Signifying God, Sarah Beckwith explores the most lavish, long-lasting, and complex form of collective theatrical enterprise in English history: the York Corpus Christi plays. First staged as early as 1376, the plays were performed annually until the late 1500s and involved as much as a tenth of the city in multiple performances at a dozen or more locations. Introducing a radical new understanding of these plays as "sacramental theater," Beckwith shows how organizing the plays served as a political mechanism for regulating labor, and how theater and sacrament combined in them to do important theological work. She argues, for instance, that the theology of Corpus Christi in the resurrection plays can only be understood as a theatrical exploration of eucharistic absence and presence. Beckwith frames her study with discussions of twentieth-century manifestations of sacramental theater in Barry Unsworth's novel Morality Play and Denys Arcand's film Jesus of Montreal, and the connections between contemporary revivals of the York Corpus Christi plays and England's heritage culture.
York Plays
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Author : Lucy Toulmin Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885
York Plays written by Lucy Toulmin Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with English drama categories.
Gale Researcher Guide For The York Corpus Christi Plays
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Author : Margaret Rogerson
language : en
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
Release Date :
Gale Researcher Guide For The York Corpus Christi Plays written by Margaret Rogerson and has been published by Gale, Cengage Learning this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Study Aids categories.
Gale Researcher Guide for: The York Corpus Christi Plays is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
The York Mystery Cycle And The Worship Of The City
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Author : Pamela M. King
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2006
The York Mystery Cycle And The Worship Of The City written by Pamela M. King and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Literary Criticism categories.
An investigation into the connections between the York Plays, religious observance, and the role played by the city itself.
The York Plays
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Author : Richard Beadle
language : en
Publisher: Early English Text Society
Release Date : 2009-07-16
The York Plays written by Richard Beadle and has been published by Early English Text Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-16 with Literary Criticism categories.
The definitive scholarly edition of the York Plays, first published in 1982, and now reissued in a revised and updated edition, with full annotation and introduction, in two volumes. This volume includes the Introduction and Text, with an appendix containing the musical settings accompanying the plays.