ABSTRACT

First Published in 1992. Medieval Theatre in Context is the first systematic attempt to relate the development of medieval drama - both Christian and pagan - to contemporary society and the Christian church.

chapter 1|9 pages

The Passion of Jesus Christ

chapter 2|13 pages

Christians versus Pagans

chapter 3|13 pages

From Ritual to Drama

chapter 4|11 pages

The Church as a Theatre

chapter 5|11 pages

The Language of the People

chapter 6|13 pages

The Village and the Court

chapter 7|10 pages

The Coming of Corpus Christi

chapter 8|12 pages

An Acute Sense of Sin

chapter 9|13 pages

The Structure of the Cycles

chapter 10|19 pages

Staging the Cycles on Scaffolds

chapter 11|16 pages

Staging the Cycles on Wagons

chapter 12|14 pages

Producing the Cycles

chapter 13|13 pages

The Moral Dimension

chapter 14|11 pages

Moral Interludes in Action

chapter 15|9 pages

News from the Court

chapter 16|8 pages

Mysteries' End