The Routledge Research Companion to Early Drama and Performance - 9781472421401

Taylor & Francis

The Routledge Research Companion to Early Drama and PerformanceAuthor(s): Pamela King\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781472421401, 978-1472421401\nSynopsis\nThe study of early drama has undergone a quiet revolution in the last four decades, radically altering critical approaches to form, genre, and canon. Drawing on disciplines from art history to musicology and reception studies, The Routledge Research Companion to Early Drama and Performance reconsiders early \""drama\"" as a mixed mode entertainment best studied not only alongside non-dramatic texts, but also other modes of performance. \n\nFrom performance before the playhouse to the afterlife of medieval drama in the contemporary avant-garde, this stunning collection of essays is divided into four sections:\n\nNorthern European Playing before the Playhouse;\n\nModes of Production and Reception;\n\nReviewing the Anglophone Tradition;\n\nThe Long Middle Ages\n\nO.