Playing a Part in History : The York Mysteries, 1951 - 2006 /

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Playing a Part in History examines the ways in which the revival of The York Mystery Plays transformed them for twentieth- and twenty-first-century audiences.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rogerson, Margaret, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2009
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
York plays.
Theater.
Mysteries and miracle-plays, English.
English drama.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
Theâtre anglais > Angleterre > York > Histoire et critique.
Mysteres et miracles anglais > Angleterre > York > Histoire et critique.
Theâtre > Angleterre > York > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Theâtre > Angleterre > York > Histoire > 20e siecle.
English drama > England > York > History and criticism.
Mysteries and miracle-plays, English > England > York > History and criticism.
Theater > England > York > History > 21st century.
Theater > England > York > History > 20th century.
England > York.
York (England) > History.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Prologue
  • From Medieval Religious Festival to the Festival of Britain
  • Dramatic Transformations: Performance Spaces and Scripts
  • A Leap of Faith
  • Theatre of Cruelty
  • Theatre of the People
  • Storm Clouds over the Museum Gardens
  • Indoor Mysteries
  • Theatre of the Streets
  • Epilogue: Ongoing Mysteries
  • App. 1 Music in the Outdoor Mysteries
  • App. 2 Biographies
  • App. 3 Digest of Plays, Directors, and Performers
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index.

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