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Author | : Richard Beadle |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 569 |
Release | : 1999-06-17 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0191611239 |
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This volume offers 22 of the central pageants which make up York's famous Corpus Christi cycle. The York cycle is the oldest and best-known of the English mystery cycles, and its depth and scope are reflected in the selection printed here. The shape of the cycle was governed by subject matter of enduring spiritual significance, both to its contemporary audience and in later literary and artistic tradition, and the selection reflects these concerns. Included are plays on the Creation, the Fall of Man, the Incarnation, Passion, and Resurrection of Christ, and the Last Judgement. The Passion sequence has been expanded by six of the eight plays generally attributed to the great poetic dramatist known as the York Realist: the authentic text of these plays is not otherwise available in paperback. As well as providing detailed annotation, this edition offers an introduction which examines the history of the cycle and discusses the immensely popular modern productions in York and elsewhere. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Author | : Terrence McNally |
Publisher | : Dramatists Play Service, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780822216964 |
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Author | : Clifford Davidson |
Publisher | : Medieval Institute Publications |
Total Pages | : 616 |
Release | : 2011-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1580444539 |
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The feast of Corpus Christi, celebrated annually on Thursday after Trinity Sunday, was devoted to the Eucharist, and the normal practice was to have solemn processions through the city with the Host, the consecrated wafer that was believed to have been transformed into the true body and blood of Jesus. In this way the "cultus Dei" thus celebrated allowed the people to venerate the Eucharistic bread in order that they might be stimulated to devotion and brought symbolically, even mystically into a relationship with the central moments of salvation history. Perhaps it is logical, therefore, that pageants and plays were introduced in order to access yet another way of visualizing and participating in those events. Thus the "invisible things" of the divine order "from the creation of the world" might be displayed. The York Corpus Christi Plays, contained in London, British Library, MS. Add. 35290 and comprising more than thirteen thousand lines of verse, actually represent a unique survival of medieval theater. They form the only complete play cycle verifiably associated with the feast of Corpus Christi that is extant and was performed at a specific location in England.
Author | : Lucy Toulmin Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 690 |
Release | : 1885 |
Genre | : English drama |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 662 |
Release | : 1885 |
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Author | : Richard Beadle |
Publisher | : Oxford Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1995-04-06 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0191611239 |
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This volume is the only paperback to offer the main body of the plays which make up York's famous Corpus Christi cycle. The selection here emphasises the scope of the oldest and best-preserved of the English Mystery cycles, and the modern spelling, detailed notes, and general introduction make the volume particularly useful for both readers and actors. - ;This volume offers 22 of the central pageants which make up York's famous Corpus Christi cycle. The York cycle is the oldest and best-known of the English mystery cycles, and its depth and scope are reflected in the selection printed here. The shape of the cycle was governed by subject matter of enduring spiritual significance, both to its contemporary audience and in later literary and artistic tradition, and the selection reflects these concerns. Included are plays on the Creation, the Fall of Man, the Incarnation, Passion, and Resurrection of Christ, and the Last Judgement. The Passion sequence has been expanded by six of the eight plays generally attributed to the great poetic dramatist known as the York Realist: the authentic text of these plays is not otherwise available in paperback. As well as providing detailed annotation, this edition offers an introduction which examines the history of the cycle and discusses the immensely popular modern productions in York and elsewhere. -
Author | : J. K. Rowling |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780751565362 |
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As an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and a father, Harry Potter struggles with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs while his youngest son, Albus, finds the weight of the family legacy difficult to bear.
Author | : Mike Poulton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : York plays |
ISBN | : |
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The story of good versus evil, of life and death, and of love, betrayal, loss and hope. 'The York Mystery Plays' are a dramatic cycle on a monumental scale, first performed over 700 years ago in the city of York.
Author | : George England |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 1897 |
Genre | : English drama |
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Author | : Lloyd Suh |
Publisher | : Dramatists Play Service, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0822239906 |
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Afong Moy is fourteen years old when she’s brought to the United States from Guangzhou Province in 1834. Allegedly the first Chinese woman to set foot on U.S. soil, she has been put on display for the American public as “The Chinese Lady.” For the next half-century, she performs for curious white people, showing them how she eats, what she wears, and the highlight of the event: how she walks with bound feet. As the decades wear on, her celebrated sideshow comes to define and challenge her very sense of identity. Inspired by the true story of Afong Moy’s life, THE CHINESE LADY is a dark, poetic, yet whimsical portrait of America through the eyes of a young Chinese woman.