Resources for Medieval and Renaissance Drama
Gateways and General Sites
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Texts
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Journals
- Early Theater:
Focuses on "research in medieval or early modern drama and theatre history"
in the British Isles, with additional attention to "related materials either in Europe, or in parts of the world where English or European
travellers, traders, and colonizers observed performances by other peoples."
Abstracts of articles are publicly available online;
full text available only through print subscription. Publication
information available on the journal's main
page. (Records of Early English Drama)
- See also Online
Journals on the class "General Resources" page. Many of
the journals in this group include some articles on drama.
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Bibliographies
- Medieval
English Drama: Bibliography from the
Robbins Library. Somewhat less extensive than some of their other
bibliographies, but still very useful. (U. of Rochester)
- Medieval Drama
in Translation: Bibliography of print editions of English
translations of plays from eight European languages. (Catholic U.)
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Background
- York Corpus Christi
Play Simulator: An excellent introduction to the York Cycle,
including historical and religious background, etc. (Dennis Jerz, U.
of Toronto)
- Biographical
Index to the Elizabethan Theater: A "draft list of all people known to have been involved with theater in England between 1558 and
1642." Gives brief biographical background on actors, managers,
writers, songwriters, carpenters, theater owners, etc., along with their
interconnections by marriage or descent. (David Kathman)
- The Closing
of the Theaters: A brief account of religious opposition to
theaters and theatrical performances from the last half of the sixteenth
century through 1642. (Lawrence Danson, Princeton U.)
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Performance
- Poculi Ludique Societas:
"Medieval & Renaissance Players of Toronto." Non-profit
group for producing medieval and early Renaissance English drama. See
their Archive
Gallery of pictures from past productions to get a good sense of
Renaissance/medieval staging, costuming, etc. (U. of Toronto)
- MRDS: Medieval
and Renaissance Drama Society: Not a resource for research papers,
but a very useful central location for information on current activities in
medieval and Renaissance drama. (U. of Toronto)
- York Mystery
Plays--U.K.: Web site associated with the revival of the
performance of the York Cycle in the city of York, U.K. Includes video
clips of the 1998 production.
- '98 York
Cycle at Toronto: Photographs from the Toronto York Cycle
production. (Megan Lloyd, U. of Puget Sound)
- York Corpus Christi
Play Simulator: A computer simulation of the production of the
plays. Includes still photos, background information, a map of the
pageant wagons' route through town, and a Java-based simulation of the
wagons' procession. (Dennis Jerz, U. of Toronto)
- Florimène at the Court
of Charles I: "An animated interactive exploration and reconstruction of Inigo Jones' great
court masque." A sampling
of the program is available on the webpage, or the full program may be
downloaded free of charge. (U. of Washington)
- Ben
Jonson, Masque of Blackness and Masque of Oberon: A slide show of
costumes, set designs, etc. from two of Jonson's masques. (Christy
Desmet, U. of Georgia)
- Elizabethan Costuming and Henry VIII:
Evidence and Speculation: A useful overview of costuming and
staging techniques in Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre. Part of A
Guide for Elizabethan-Jacobean Studies. (Pennsylvania State U.)
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Theatres
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Online Discussion
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