Spring/Summer 2009 - University of Toronto Press Publishing

m e d i e va l a n d r e n a i s s a n c e s t u d i e s
Lincolnshire
Edited by James Stokes
Records of Early English Drama
In the great tradition of other volumes in the
Records of Early English Drama, Lincolnshire presents
an exhaustive collection of primary archival
materials related to drama, music, custom, and
ceremony in Lincolnshire county from 1236–1642.
Covering the City of Lincoln, its cathedral, and
numerous towns, villages, religious houses, and
private households, its extensive research reveals the
nature and development of drama in the area.
Among the topics addressed by editor
James Stokes are the nature of parish drama in
Lincolnshire; various dramatic traditions within the
region; Marian drama, ceremony, and spectacle; the
numerous contributions of women to drama and
custom; and the wide variety of venues. Including
thorough appendixes of related areas of interest,
Lincolnshire is a comprehensive account of this
region and provides remarkable insight into early
English drama.
James Stokes is a professor in the Department of
English at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point.
Playing a Part in History
The York Mysteries, 1951–2006
Margaret Rogerson
Studies in Early English Drama
The York Mystery Plays
are a cycle of dramatic
works originally performed
on wagons in
the city. They date from
the fourteenth century
and form a 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 by professional theatre practitioners staged
them during the festival of Britain. Playing a Part
in History examines the ways in which the revival
of these plays transformed them for twentieth- and
twenty-first-century audiences.
Considering such topics as the contemporary
popularity of the plays, the agendas of the revivalists,
and major production differences, Margaret
Rogerson provides a fascinating comparison of
medieval and modern English drama. Drawing
extensively on archival material, and newspaper
and academic reviews of the plays in recent years,
Playing a Part in History is not only an illuminating
account of early English drama, but also of the
ways in which theatre allows people to interact with
the past.
Margaret Rogerson is a senior lecturer in the
Department of English at the University of
Sydney.
Approx. 908 pp / 6 ¾ x 9 ¾ / June 2009
Cloth ISBN 978-1-4426-4000-9 $400.00 E
World rights less UK and Europe.
Other rights held by the British Library.
Approx. 328 pp / 6 x 9 / March 2009
14 photos
Cloth ISBN 978-0-8020-9924-2 £42.00 $65.00 E
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