Performing Malory: The Tale of Arthur and Lucius, Emperor of Rome (A Readers' Theater Performance)
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Special Session
Organizer Name
Leila K. Norako, Kristi J. Castleberry
Organizer Affiliation
Stanford Univ., Univ. of Rochester
Presider Name
Leila K. Norako, Kristi J. Castleberry
Paper Title 1
Performers
Presenter 1 Name
Stephen Atkinson, Alison Baker, Laura Bedwell, Daisy Black
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Park Univ., California Polytechnic State Univ.-Pomona, Univ. of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Univ. of Manchester
Paper Title 2
Performers
Presenter 2 Name
Katherine Briant, Steffi Delcourt, Alison Harper
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Univ. of Rochester, Independent Scholar, Univ. of Rochester
Paper Title 3
Performers
Presenter 3 Name
James Howard, Kimberly Jack, Timothy R. Jordan
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Emory Univ., Auburn Univ., Zane State College
Paper Title 4
Performers
Presenter 4 Name
Joyce King, Patricia V. Lehman, John Leland
Presenter 4 Affiliation
St. Louis Univ., Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Salem International Univ.
Paper Title 5
Performers
Presenter 5 Name
Bernard Lewis, Kara L. McShane, Meredith Reynolds
Presenter 5 Affiliation
Murray State Univ., Univ. of Rochester, Francis Marion Univ.
Paper Title 6
Performers
Presenter 6 Name
Rebecca Proud, Sebastian Rider-Bezerra, Derek Shank
Presenter 6 Affiliation
Clermont College, Univ. of Cincinnati, Aberystwyth Univ., Univ. of Western Ontario
Paper Title 7
Performers
Presenter 7 Name
Kendra Smith, Padmini Sukumaran, Paul R. Thomas, Thomas Tutt
Presenter 7 Affiliation
Univ. of California-Davis, St. John's Univ., New York, Chaucer Studio, Univ. of Texas-Arlington
Start Date
15-5-2015 7:30 PM
Session Location
Valley III Stinson Lounge
Description
Sessions of "Malory Aloud" have occurred at the Congress since 2000, and they attempt to recreate the medieval experience of Malory's MORTE in modern dress (but in Malorian dialect). The text was typically read aloud, and the experience of Malory's text in this way makes available elements of humor, theme, and even characterization not immediately apparent in a silent reading.
For the past few years, our ensemble has performed theme- or character-based readings, and this performance would have us, instead, focus on a single tale in the Morte. Our ensemble has never before concentrated on the Tale of Arthur and Lucius (which was heavily influenced by The Alliterative Morte Arthure), and this book contains several narrative moves pivotal to the Morte as a whole. As such, we hope to continue our tradition of providing entertaining but also illuminating readings by examining this particular tale and bringing it to life.
Leila K. Norako
Performing Malory: The Tale of Arthur and Lucius, Emperor of Rome (A Readers' Theater Performance)
Valley III Stinson Lounge
Sessions of "Malory Aloud" have occurred at the Congress since 2000, and they attempt to recreate the medieval experience of Malory's MORTE in modern dress (but in Malorian dialect). The text was typically read aloud, and the experience of Malory's text in this way makes available elements of humor, theme, and even characterization not immediately apparent in a silent reading.
For the past few years, our ensemble has performed theme- or character-based readings, and this performance would have us, instead, focus on a single tale in the Morte. Our ensemble has never before concentrated on the Tale of Arthur and Lucius (which was heavily influenced by The Alliterative Morte Arthure), and this book contains several narrative moves pivotal to the Morte as a whole. As such, we hope to continue our tradition of providing entertaining but also illuminating readings by examining this particular tale and bringing it to life.
Leila K. Norako