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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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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