Lancashire,Ian.
Dramatic exts and Record of Britain: A Chronological Topography to 1558.
Contents: Acknowledgments; Introduction; Form and shape; A brief history; Areas for further research; Dating; List of play-texts; Topographical survey of records; Bibliographical sources; How to use this guide; Bibliographical abbreviations; Illustrations and maps; Chronological list of dramatic texts; Topographical lists of dramatic records; List of sites; England; Wales; Scotland; Ireland; Other; Doubtful texts and records; Appendixes; General index.
Cambridge - Sydney, Cambridge University Press
1984,
cm.15,7x23,3,
pp.LXXI,632,(2), 23 Ill., 3 cartine e una veduta di Londra in bn.ft.,
legatura ed. in tutta tela beige, titoli e impress. al piatto ant. e titoli al dorso. (esempl.in ottimo stato.)
In 1800 entries this valuable reference work covers texts and records of dramatic activity for about 400 sites in Britain from Roman times to 1558. Grouped in sections - texts listed chronologically; Records of England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and Other, classified by county, site, and date; and doubtful texts and records - the entries summarize the contents of each record and give bibliographic information. Professor Lancashire presents a comprehensive survey of almost every type of literary and historical record, document, and work: civic, church, guild, monastic, and royal court minutes and financial accounts; national records - Chancery, Parliament, Privy Council, Exchequer; royal proclamations; wills; local court rolls; jest-books, poems, prose treatises, sermons; archaeological remains, artifacts, illustrations. He brings together works in several normally unrelated fields: Roman theatre in Britain; medieval drama as such, including the Corpus Christi play and the moral play; court revels of the Tudors, and of their predecessors in England and Scotland; and finally Latin and Greek drama as played in Oxford and Cambridge colleges. An introduction outlines the history of early drama in Britain. Appendixes include indexes of about 335 towns or patrons with travelling players, complete with rough itineraries; about 180 playwrights; and about 320 playing places and buildings. There are illustrations, four maps, and a large general subject and name index.
EAN:
9780521262958