A common stage : theater and public life in medieval Arras /

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"Medieval Arras was a thriving town on the frontier between the kingdom of France and the county of Flanders, and home to Europe's earliest surviving vernacular plays. In A Common Stage, Carol Symes undertakes a cultural archaeology of these artifacts, analyzing the process by which a hand...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Symes, Carol (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.
Series:Conjunctions of religion & power in the medieval past.
Subjects:
To 1500
French drama > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Theater and society > France > Arras > History > To 1500.
Theater > France > Arras > History > Medieval, 500-1500.
Théâtre français > Jusqu'à 1500 > Histoire et critique.
Théâtre et société > France > Arras > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
Théâtre > France > Arras > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
HISTORY > Medieval.
French drama
Theater and society
Theater > Medieval
Umgangssprache
Stadt
Volksschauspiel
Drama
France > Arras
Frankreich
Arras
Pikardisch.
Französisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : locating a medieval theater
  • A history play : the Jeu de saint Nicolas and the world of Arras
  • Prodigals and jongleurs : initiative and agency in a theater town
  • Access to the media : publicity, participation, and the public sphere
  • Relics and rites : "The play of the bower" and other plays
  • Lives in the theater
  • Conclusion : on looking into a medieval theater.

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