Street Scenes: Late Medieval Acting and PerformanceStreet Scenes offers a theory of late medieval acting and performance through a fresh and original reading of the Tretise of Miraclis Pleyinge. The performance theory perspective employed here, along with the examination of actor/character dialectics, paves the way to understanding both religious theatre and the complexity of late medieval theatricalities. Sharon Aronson-Lehavi demonstrates the existence of a late medieval discourse about the double appeal of theatre performance: an artistic medium enacting sacred history while simultaneously referring to the present lives of its creators and spectators. |
Contents
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A Tretise of Miraclis Pleyinge in Context | 16 |
2 Concepts of Performance in A Tretise of Miraclis Pleyinge | 55 |
Epic Acting Total Acting and Performance | 84 |
Conclusion | 125 |
A Treatise of Miraclis Playing A Modern English Version of A Tretise of Miraclis Pleyinge | 127 |
Notes | 145 |
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