Playing a Part in History : : The York Mysteries, 1951 - 2006 / / Margaret Rogerson.
The York Mystery Plays are a cycle of originally performed on wagons in the city. They date from the fourteenth century and Biblical narrative from Creation to Last Judgment. After nearly four hundred years without a performance, a revival of the York Mysteries began in 1951 when local amateurs led...
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2009 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- 1. From Medieval Religious Festival to the Festival of Britain
- 2. Dramatic Transformations: Performance Spaces and Scripts
- 3. A Leap of Faith
- 4. Theatre of Cruelty
- 5. Theatre of the People
- 6. Storm Clouds over the Museum Gardens
- 7. Indoor Mysteries
- 8. Theatre of the Streets
- Epilogue: Ongoing Mysteries
- Appendix 1: Music in the Outdoor Mysteries
- Appendix 2: Biographies
- Appendix 3: Digest of Plays, Directors, and Performers
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index