The Coventry Corpus Christi Plays
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Early Drama, Art, and Music Monograph
ISBN-10
158044055X
ISBN-13
9781580440554
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications
Imprint
Medieval Institute Publications
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 1st, 2000
Print length
336 Pages
Weight
775 grams
Product Classification:
Plays, playscriptsLiterary studies: plays & playwrightsEuropean historyMedieval history
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One of the greatest medieval drama cycles in England was mounted annually at Coventry at Corpus Christi until suppressed in 1579 and is of particular importance because it was almost certainly seen by William Shakespeare when he was a boy in nearby Stratford-upon-Avon.
One of the greatest medieval drama cycles in England was mounted annually at Coventry at Corpus Christi until suppressed in 1579, and is of particular importance because it was almost certainly seen by William Shakespeare when he was a boy in nearby Stratford-upon-Avon. The two extant pageants from this cycle have been re-edited and are presented here for the first time in a modern critical edition. The introduction provides a full survey of knowledge about the Coventry cycle from the local dramatic records and other sources of information. Comprehensive critical and textual notes are included as well as a select bibliography and glossary. Appendices print the earliest fragments of the Weavers’ pageant, texts of royal entries from the Coventry Leet Book, the songs (including the famous Coventry Carol) from the Shearmen and Taylors’ pageant, and an analysis of various versions of the Doctors play.
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