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Memory And Remembering: Sacred History And The York Plays, Clifford Davidson Apr 2014

Memory And Remembering: Sacred History And The York Plays, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


Bullying In York’S Corpus Christi Plays, Clifford Davidson, Sheila White Apr 2010

Bullying In York’S Corpus Christi Plays, Clifford Davidson, Sheila White

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


The York Mysteries: Carnivalesque?, Clifford Davidson Aug 2007

The York Mysteries: Carnivalesque?, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


The York Corpus Christi Plays And Visual Piety, Clifford Davidson Dec 2006

The York Corpus Christi Plays And Visual Piety, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

Reprinted in revised form in Corpus Christi Plays at York, 33–62.


Improvisation In Medieval British Drama, Clifford Davidson Dec 2002

Improvisation In Medieval British Drama, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


History, Religion, And Violence: Cultural Contexts For Medieval And Renaissance Drama, Variorum Series, Clifford Davidson Dec 2001

History, Religion, And Violence: Cultural Contexts For Medieval And Renaissance Drama, Variorum Series, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

Reprinted essays, except for “Marlowe, the Papacy, and Doctor Faustus.”


Gesture In Medieval Drama And Art, Clifford Davidson Dec 2000

Gesture In Medieval Drama And Art, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

Includes essay “Gesture in Medieval English Drama.”


The Coventry Corpus Christi Plays, Clifford Davidson, Pamela King Dec 1999

The Coventry Corpus Christi Plays, Clifford Davidson, Pamela King

Clifford Davidson

One of the greatest medieval drama cycles in England was mounted annually at Coventry at Corpus Christi until suppressed in 1579, and is of particular importance because it was almost certainly seen by William Shakespeare when he was a boy in nearby Stratford-upon-Avon. The two extant pageants from this cycle have been re-edited and are presented here for the first time in a modern critical edition. The introduction provides a full survey of knowledge about the Coventry cycle from the local dramatic records and other sources of information. Comprehensive critical and textual notes are included as well as a select …


Material Culture And Medieval Drama, Clifford Davidson Dec 1998

Material Culture And Medieval Drama, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

The contributions by distinguished American and British scholars to this volume recognize that early drama depended on specific developments in material culture in order to achieve its effects, which included both visual and auditory means of appealing to audiences. The discussions range from the parchment and paper on which the plays were written to the instruments which enhanced their production. Of special interest is Mary Remnant’s survey of musical instruments available to producers; she is the recognized expert on medieval English instruments.


The Sacrifice Of Isaac In Medieval English Drama, Clifford Davidson Dec 1998

The Sacrifice Of Isaac In Medieval English Drama, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

Rpt. in History, Religion, and Violence, pp. 124-48.


Performing Medieval Music Drama, Clifford Davidson, Audrey Davidson Dec 1997

Performing Medieval Music Drama, Clifford Davidson, Audrey Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract provided.


Some Observations On Violence In Medieval English Drama, Clifford Davidson Dec 1997

Some Observations On Violence In Medieval English Drama, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


The Medieval Stage And The Anti-Theatrical Prejudice, Clifford Davidson Dec 1996

The Medieval Stage And The Anti-Theatrical Prejudice, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


Civic Drama For Corpus Christi At Coventry: Some Lost Plays, Clifford Davidson Dec 1996

Civic Drama For Corpus Christi At Coventry: Some Lost Plays, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

Rpt. in History, Religion, and Violence, pp. 124-48.


The Medieval Actor And The Antitheatrical Prejudice, Clifford Davidson Jul 1995

The Medieval Actor And The Antitheatrical Prejudice, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


Medieval Drama On The Continent Of Europe, Clifford Davidson, John Stroupe Dec 1992

Medieval Drama On The Continent Of Europe, Clifford Davidson, John Stroupe

Clifford Davidson

Rpt. of Comparative Drama, 27, No. 1 (Spring 1993)


Drama In The Middle Ages: Second Series, Clifford Davidson, John Stroupe Dec 1990

Drama In The Middle Ages: Second Series, Clifford Davidson, John Stroupe

Clifford Davidson

Papers chosen from previously published articles in Comparative Drama


Iconographic And Comparative Studies In Medieval Drama, Clifford Davidson, John Stroupe Dec 1990

Iconographic And Comparative Studies In Medieval Drama, Clifford Davidson, John Stroupe

Clifford Davidson

Contributions include essay, “Positional Symbolism and Medieval English Drama” (pp. 66-76). Rpt. of Comparative Drama, 25, No. 1: Proceedings of the Lancaster Colloquium on Medieval Theater.


When Actors Play God, Clifford Davidson Dec 1989

When Actors Play God, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

Revised version in On Tradition.


Medieval Drama, Clifford Davidson Dec 1989

Medieval Drama, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


Positional Symbolism And Medieval English Drama, Clifford Davidson Jun 1989

Positional Symbolism And Medieval English Drama, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


Medieval Dramaturgy And Modern Drama, Clifford Davidson Nov 1987

Medieval Dramaturgy And Modern Drama, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


The Lost Coventry Drapers’ Play And Its Iconographic Context, Clifford Davidson Dec 1985

The Lost Coventry Drapers’ Play And Its Iconographic Context, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

Rpt. in part in revised form in The Coventry Corpus Christi Plays, ed. King and Davidson.


Medieval Puppet Theater At Witney, Oxfordshire, And Pentecost Ceremony At St. Paul’S, London, Clifford Davidson Dec 1985

Medieval Puppet Theater At Witney, Oxfordshire, And Pentecost Ceremony At St. Paul’S, London, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


Toward A Sociology Of Visual Forms In The English Medieval Theater, Clifford Davidson Dec 1985

Toward A Sociology Of Visual Forms In The English Medieval Theater, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


The Middle English Saint Play, Clifford Davidson Apr 1984

The Middle English Saint Play, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


From Creation To Doom: The York Cycle Of Mystery Plays, Clifford Davidson Dec 1983

From Creation To Doom: The York Cycle Of Mystery Plays, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

Includes previously published papers in revised or modified form: “After the Fall,” “Civic Patronage and the York Realist,” “Northern Spirituality and the Late Medieval Drama of York,” “From Tristia to Gaudium.”


Stage Gesture In Medieval Drama, Clifford Davidson Dec 1983

Stage Gesture In Medieval Drama, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


Women And Medieval Drama, Clifford Davidson Dec 1983

Women And Medieval Drama, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.


Stage Gesture And Medieval Drama, With Special Reference To The Peregrinus And Creation Plays, Clifford Davidson Jun 1983

Stage Gesture And Medieval Drama, With Special Reference To The Peregrinus And Creation Plays, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.