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
Main Author: Symes, Carol
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Drama
Volksschauspiel
Stadt
Umgangssprache
Theater > Medieval.
Theater and society.
French drama.
HISTORY > Medieval.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
Theâtre > France > Arras > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Theâtre et societe > France > Arras > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
Theâtre français > Jusqu'à 1500 > Histoire et critique.
Theater > France > Arras > History > Medieval, 500-1500.
Theater and society > France > Arras > History > To 1500.
French drama > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Französisch.
Pikardisch.
Arras
Frankreich
France > Arras.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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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