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The medieval theatre in the round : a study of the staging of The castle of perseverance, and related matters
- Title
- The medieval theatre in the round : a study of the staging of The castle of perseverance, and related matters / by Richard Southern.
- Author
- Southern, Richard.
- Publication
- London : Faber and Faber, [1957]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PN2587 .S6 1957 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 240 pages : illustrations, plates; 23 cm
- Subject
- Castle of perseverance (Morality play)
- 500-1500
- Geschichte 500-1500
- Theaters > Stage-setting and scenery > England
- Theater > England > History > Medieval, 500-1500
- Arena theater
- arena theaters
- Theater > Medieval
- Theaters > Stage-setting and scenery
- Arenabühne
- Aufführung
- Theater
- 15e siècle
- Mise en scène
- Décoration
- théâtre (bâtiment)
- England
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Contents
- The plot and the characters -- References to the 'place' on the plan -- Allusions to the 'place' in the dialogue -- The Latin stage directions and their references to the 'place' -- The ditch and the hill round the 'place' -- The dimensions of the Cornish rounds -- On the dynamics of the place-crowd and on the stytelerys -- The scaffolds of the Fouquet miniature -- References to the scaffolds in the dialogue -- The provisional anatomy of a scaffold -- Reconstructing the theatre -- The presentation analysed -- On the use of the 'place' and the platea in medieval theatre generally.
- LCCN
- a 58001424
- http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb326410195
- OCLC
- ocm01520211
- 1520211
- SCSB-119616
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library