Drama - Medieval

The complete works of the first known woman playwright Hrotsvit, a canoness at the convent of Gandersheim in Saxony during the tenth century, is the first Latin dramatist since late antiquity whose work survives. While her plays are still frequently performed, her other works...

ROMARD: Research on Medieval and Renaissance Drama is an academic journal devoted to the study of Medieval and Renaissance drama in Europe. Previously published under the title of Research Opportunities in Renaissance Drama (RORD), the journal has been in publication since 1956. ROMARD is...

Newest research into drama and performance from the Middle Ages and the Tudor period. Medieval English Theatre is the premier journal in early theatre studies. Its name belies its wide range of interest: it publishes articles on theatre and pageantry from across the British...

What is truth and what is fiction? In this optimistic play, of uncertain origin, Goobet enquires into the nature of truth, encountering a range of philosophical characters who happen to be passing by the village green. The play is upbuilding for Goobet, an unlettered...

Camelot is in trouble. If King Arthur doesn't turn things around soon, his reign will be remembered as nothing more than a rather dull period in British history. Enter three hapless squires with a plan...and a legend is born. This hilarious retelling of the...

What is truth and what is fiction? In this optimistic play, of uncertain origin, Goobet enquires into the nature of truth, encountering a range of philosophical characters who happen to be passing by the village green. The play is upbuilding for Goobet, an unlettered...

Did you hear the one about the newlywed who rushes off for legal advice before the honeymoon is over? Or the husbands who arrange for an enormous tub in which to cure their sugary wives with a pinch of salt? How about a participatory...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

What does it take to be the king? Wit. Courage. Diplomacy. Arthur is poised to rule Camelot, but receives strong opposition from Morgan la Fay, his half-sister, and her son Mordred. Camelot, Merlin, and Excalibur in the story of how the legendary kingdom came...

Six Characters in Search of an Author (Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore) is an Italian three-act play written by Luigi Pirandello in 1921, considered as one of the earliest examples of absurdist theatre. It's a play within a play that deals with perceptions of...

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1909 Edition.Author: Rotha Mary ClayISBN-10: 1498083943ISBN-13: 9781498083942Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2014Pages: 446Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.31lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.90d

Medieval Manchester and the Beginnings of Lancashire is a historical book written by James Tait and published in 1904. The book provides an in-depth account of the medieval history of Manchester, a city in the north-west of England, and its surrounding areas, which would...

Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play was performed first circa 1607 at the Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre by the King's Men. Its first appearance in print was in the Folio of 1623.The plot is based on Thomas...

Richard Wagner wanted to create miracles with his operas, in much the same way as medieval dramatists wanted to produce miracles on stage in the hopes of dazzling and converting an audience of pagans. The connections between Wagner and the dramatists of the Middle...

Miracle plays by an unknown French dramatist built on the legends of the fourth-century saint, including detailed analysis of versification, musical accompaniment, and iconography, Includes text and commentary, with a study of the music of the plays, and of the sources and iconography of...

Euripides' Hippolytos tells of an honourable youth's tragic death, contrived by his father in the false belief that his son had seduced his new wife. This edition of the play is intended for students and scholars alike. The text is based upon new collations...

Newest research into drama and performance from the Middle Ages and the Tudor period. Medieval English Theatre is the premier journal in early theatre studies. Its name belies its wide range of interest: it publishes articles on theatre and pageantry from across the British...

Journey back to the Dark Ages and discover the rich traditions of drama and theatre that flourished during this time. From the epic dramas of Beowulf to the mystical religious plays of medieval Europe, this captivating book provides a comprehensive overview of this fascinating...

Hurrying to rescue his son, Charles quickly lit the lamp, only to find giant grasshoppers invading their home from spaces under the wood shingles and cracks between the logs. Oblivious to Nancy's screams, the writhing hoard peppered the cabin window and scoured the outer...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

A family bent on revenge travels to a foreign land to seek the aid of a dragon but discover that a knight has slain it and is still trapped beneath the carcass. In exchange for their help, Sir Ekinroy vows to confront the man...

Burgage Tenure In Medieval England, written by Morley De Wolf Hemmeon and originally published in 1914, is a comprehensive analysis of the legal system of burgage tenure in medieval England. The book provides a detailed examination of the origins and development of this unique...

Misalliance is a play written in 1909-1910 by George Bernard Shaw. The play takes place entirely on a single Saturday afternoon in the conservatory of a large country house in Hindhead, Surrey in Edwardian era England.Author: George Bernard ShawISBN-10: 1984273906ISBN-13: 9781984273901Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...

John Lydgate of Bury was an English monk and poet, born in Lidgate, near Haverhill, Suffolk, England. Lydgate's poetic output is prodigious, amounting, at a conservative count, to about 145,000 lines.Author: Charles LydgateISBN-10: 1088206891ISBN-13: 9781088206898Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2023Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.11lbsSize: 9.00h...

Discover the untold story of the Trojan War in this exclusive English translation of Trojumanna Saga. For the first time in history, experience the full tale in English. This epic saga offers a unique perspective on the war that shaped Western civilization, providing a...

This volume contains Bernard Shaw's 1924 play, "Saint Joan". It is a 'chronicle play' in six scenes, and an epilogue that revolves around Joan of Arc. It elucidates her immense personality, problems, and potential. As well as the play itself, Shaw also furnishes a...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

The Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus and translated into English Verse by E.D.A. Morshead. From the plays of Aeschylus. The surviving dramas of Aeschylus are seven in number, though he is believed to have written nearly a hundred during his life of sixty-nine years,...

An earthy and intense portrayal of the trial and death of Joan of Arc. Warning: strong language, violence.Author: James F. RossISBN-10: 1534678980ISBN-13: 9781534678989Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/30/2016Pages: 92Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.19d

The Play about the Antichrist (Ludus de Antichristo) was composed around 1160 at the imperial Bavarian abbey of Tegernsee, at a critical point in the power-struggle between the papacy and Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. This new translation and commentary reveals this drama to be strikingly...

There are surprising omissions in the translated body of Spanish Golden Age literature, including in the corpus of Miguel de Cervantes. We have many highly competent translations of Don Quixote, but until now not a single English version of his play The Gallant Spaniard....

There are surprising omissions in the translated body of Spanish Golden Age literature, including in the corpus of Miguel de Cervantes. We have many highly competent translations of Don Quixote, but until now not a single English version of his play The Gallant Spaniard....

Ali駭or was the most sought after bride in all of Christendom - and not simply because she was beautiful. The eldest daughter of Duke William X of Aquitaine, she inherited his vast duchy at the age of just 15 and was crowned queen of...

This comprehensive anthology brings together a diverse collection of dramatic writing from the late fourteenth century to the onset of the Renaissance. The volume presents for the first time the key plays of the period in their entirety, alongside more unusual selections, covering religious...

Stay on point with this Fabullama Coloring Book! Have hours of fun coloring Rainbow llamacorn coloring pages, with inspirational and funny quotes for all ages. This Coloring Book makes the perfect llamacorn gift for girls who love unicorns, llamas, cactus, rainbows, mermaids and cute...

The important and rich collection of medieval plays from Cornwall has, in the past, been all but ignored by the majority of drama historians and critics. In this book, Sydney Higgins shows why this is a mistaken and ill-informed view. The oldest of the...

This volume contains Bernard Shaw's 1924 play, "Saint Joan". It is a 'chronicle play' in six scenes, and an epilogue that revolves around Joan of Arc. It elucidates her immense personality, problems, and potential. As well as the play itself, Shaw also furnishes a...

Newest research into drama and performance of the Middle Ages and Tudor period. Medieval English Theatre is the premier journal in early theatre studies. Its name belies its wide range of interest: it publishes articles on theatre and pageantry from across the British Isles...

Medieval Hymns and Sequences is a book written by J. M. Neale in 1863. The book is a collection of hymns and sequences from the medieval period, specifically from the 11th to the 15th century. The hymns and sequences are written in Latin and...

Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of Richard II, chronologically the first of the eight plays in Shakespeare's History Cycle, which marks the beginning of a great schism within the nobility of England that will leave the...

This study provides an accessible, informative and entertaining introduction to women's sexual health as presented on the early modern stage, and how dramatists coded for it. Beginning with the rise of green sickness (the disease of virgins) from its earliest reference in drama in...

The story of Mayas and extraterrestrials took a serious behavior day after day with new discovering of artifacts and updated studies about this subject.Strange facts emerges with the time to confirm the ancient strong relation between the two parts.In this book you'll find: -Scientifially...

Maureen Duffy's double-bill tells the story of two remarkable women. The Choice is the story of a very unsaintly saint. Hilda of Whitby, who brought Christianity to the Anglo-Saxons, was a businesswoman, teacher and adviser to kings. In A Nightingale in Bloomsbury Square, Virginia...

When we speak of theatre, we think we know what a stage direction is: we tend to think of it as an authorial requirement, devised to be complementary to the spoken text and directed at those who put on a play as to what,...

When we speak of theatre, we think we know what a stage direction is: we tend to think of it as an authorial requirement, devised to be complementary to the spoken text and directed at those who put on a play as to what,...

The Routledge Companion to Applied Performance provides an in-depth, far-reaching and provocative consideration of how scholars and artists negotiate the theoretical, historical and practical politics of applied performance, both in the academy and beyond. These volumes offer insights from within and beyond the sphere...

The Suppliants, also known as The Suppliant Women, is an ancient Greek drama & play that was first performed in 423 BC. Aethra, the mother of the Athenian king Theseus, prays before the altar of Demeter and Persephone in Eleusis. She is surrounded by...

Aeschylus was an ancient Greek tragedian. In addition to Sophocles and Euripides, Aeschylus is the first whose ancient & classical plays still survive. Aeschylus is often described as the father of tragedy and many critics and scholars' knowledge of Greek, ancient & medieval literature,...

The Persians is an ancient Greek tragedy written during the Classical period of Ancient & Medieval Greece by the Greek tragedian Aeschylus. It is the second and only surviving part of a now otherwise lost trilogy. In the literature & fiction classic The Persians,...

This vintage book contains a series of sketches that aim to illustrate various aspects of social life in the Middle Ages. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in European history and would make for a worthy addition to any collection....