Popular and scholarly works on the Elizabethan stage have long
familiarised readers and playgoers with the main features of a
typical Shakespearian playhouse, yet medieval stage conditions
remain far less well known, despite the amount of research in this
area recently. In this survey of findings and theories (some
unavoidably controversial), William Tydeman covers central aspects
of western European theatre from the Dark Ages to the building of
the first public theatres towards the end of the sixteenth century.
The book begins by examining the ancient rituals from which drama
sprang, the legacy bequeathed by the Roman stage to popular
entertainers of the Middle Ages, and the r le of the histrionic
impulse in Christian worship. Subsequent chapters describe in some
detail the varying methods of medieval staging - indoors,
processional, and al fresco - settings, costumes, and effects, the
way performers were chosen and organised, how the plays were
financed and how their audiences responded. Half-tone and line
illustrations clarify various points of theatrical detail in the
text.
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