TY - BOOK ID - 91721452 TI - The Cambridge companion to medieval English theatre AU - Beadle, Richard AU - Fletcher, Alan J. PY - 2008 SN - 0521864003 0521682541 1139817655 1139001876 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Theater KW - English drama KW - Bible plays, English KW - Christian drama, English (Middle) KW - History KW - History and criticism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:91721452 AB - The drama of the English Middle Ages is perennially popular with students and theatre audiences alike, and this is an updated edition of a book which has established itself as a standard guide to the field. The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre, second edition continues to provide an authoritative introduction and an up-to-date, illustrated guide to the mystery cycles, morality drama and saints' plays which flourished from the late fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth centuries. The book emphasises regional diversity in the period and engages with the literary and particularly the theatrical values of the plays. Existing chapters have been revised and updated where necessary, and there are three entirely new chapters, including one on the cultural significance of early drama. A thoroughly revised reference section includes a guide to scholarship and criticism, an enlarged classified bibliography and a chronological table. ER -