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Theatre, Speech & Dance
Photograph of Lyman Hall
Personal author: Adams , Joseph Quincy
Title: Chief pre-Shakespearean dramas
Format: monograph
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Year Published 1924
Date Entered: 2006-09-20 15:32:06
Nationality: U.K.
Period: English middle ages & Shakespeare
Subjects: Drama
Genres: Drama
Holdings: 1
Category: SAn - Anthologies
Call Number: Ada
Public Notes: Sources of liturgical drama: Wordless Alleluia sequence ;Quem-Quaeritis trope ; Easter sepulchre ; Semi-dramatic trope -- Story of Christ: Sepulchrum (Visit of the Marys) ; Sepulchrum (Visit of the Marys - Race of Peter and John) ; Sepulchrum (Visit of the Marys - Rarce of Peter and John - Appearance to Mary Magdalene ; Peregrini ; Pastores ; Magi ; Herodes ; Prophetae -- Misc. biblical stories: Converso beati Pauli apostoli ; Ludus super Iconia Sancti Nicolai ; Tres clerici ; Adeodatus -- Intro of the vernacular: Sepulchre ; Wayfarers ; Shepherds -- Craft cycles: Banns ; Fall of Lucifer ; Creation of Eve ; Killing of Abel ; Noah ; Deluge ; Sacrifice of Isaac ; Pharaoh ; Prophets ; Salutation and conception ; Birth of Jesus ; Shepherds ; Magi, Herod and the slaughter of the Innocents ; Christ's ministry ; Betraying of Christ ; Trial of Christ ; Harrowing of Hell ; Resurrection of Christ ; Judgement day -- Non-cycle plays: Dux Moraud ; Conversion of St. Paul ; Mary Magdelene ; Play of the sacrement -- Moralities: Castle of perseverence ; Everyman ; Mankind ; Wyt and science -- Folk plays: Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham ; Robin Hood and the Friar ; Shetland sword dance ; Oxfordshire St. George play ; Leicestershire St. George play ; Revesby sword play -- Farces: Playe called the Foure PP. ; Mery play betwene Johan Johan the husbande, Tyb his wyfe and Syr Johan the preest ; Play of the Wether -- School plays: Roister doister ; Gammer Gurton's nedle -- Inns of Court plays: Gorboduc, or Ferrex and Porrex ; Svpposes -- Court drama: Damon and Pithias ; Campaspe -- Plays of the professional troupes: Cambises ; Famous victories of Henry the fifth ; George a Greene, the pinner of Wakefield.