{"title":"The Sun in York (Part Two): Illumination, Reflection, and Timekeeping for the Corpus Christi Play","authors":"M. Twycross","doi":"10.1017/9781787449084.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9781787449084.002","url":null,"abstract":"Pageant waggon plays, performed out of doors in high summer, sometimes call, improbably at first sight, for the sudden appearance of a great light, usually emanating from God or Christ. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary evidence, this article explores how, with reflectors, the light of the sun could have been used to produce some dazzling effects, and shows how in the York pageants of the Nativity, the Transfiguration, and the Creation and Fall of the Angels, this light is not only theatrically exciting but thematically significant. The second part will look at the position of the sun at various stages of Corpus Christi Day, which involves a consideration of the time-frame of the whole days’ events.","PeriodicalId":204486,"journal":{"name":"Medieval English theatre","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114398683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Remembering through Re-Enacting: Revisiting the Emergence of the Iranian Taʿzia Tradition","authors":"E. Deacon","doi":"10.1017/9781787449084.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9781787449084.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":204486,"journal":{"name":"Medieval English theatre","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127881897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Welcoming James VI & I in the North-East: Civic Performance and Conflict in Durham and Newcastle","authors":"Mark Chambers, Gašper Jakovac","doi":"10.1017/9781787449084.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9781787449084.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":204486,"journal":{"name":"Medieval English theatre","volume":"99 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131648764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Salmon-Fishing and Beer-Brewing: The Waterleaders and Drawers of Dee and Chester’s Corpus Christi and Whitsun Plays","authors":"E. Gerhardt","doi":"10.1017/9781787449084.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9781787449084.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":204486,"journal":{"name":"Medieval English theatre","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126777170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Jetties, Pentices, Purprestures, and Ordure: Obstacles to Pageants and Processions in London","authors":"P. Butterworth","doi":"10.1017/9781787449084.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9781787449084.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":204486,"journal":{"name":"Medieval English theatre","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125390536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Verity’s Bible","authors":"S. Carpenter, J. McGavin, G. Walker","doi":"10.4324/9780429269042-12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429269042-12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":204486,"journal":{"name":"Medieval English theatre","volume":"132 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124633651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The sealing of the tomb: N. town and its context","authors":"P. Meredith","doi":"10.4324/9781351266048-18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351266048-18","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":204486,"journal":{"name":"Medieval English theatre","volume":"100 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134380257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The King’s Peace and the Play: The York Corpus Christi Eve Proclamation","authors":"M. Twycross","doi":"10.4324/9781315123004-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315123004-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":204486,"journal":{"name":"Medieval English theatre","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114992420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Kissing cousins: The four daughters of god and the visitation in the N. Town 'Mary Play'","authors":"M. Twycross","doi":"10.4324/9781315123004-11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315123004-11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":204486,"journal":{"name":"Medieval English theatre","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128470878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}