Claire Sponsler: In Memoriam I
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society (MRDS)
Organizer Name
Matthew Evan Davis
Organizer Affiliation
McMaster Univ.
Presider Name
Matthew Evan Davis
Paper Title 1
Crossdressing on the Medieval Stage: A Transgender and Transracial Sartorial Masquerade
Presenter 1 Name
Jesse Njus
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Virginia Commonwealth Univ.
Paper Title 2
Medieval Drama and the "Myth of Communal Life" in the Twenty-First Century
Presenter 2 Name
Heather Mitchell-Buck
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Hood College
Paper Title 3
Hamilton and Medieval Drama
Presenter 3 Name
Michelle Markey Butler
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. of Maryland
Start Date
11-5-2018 3:30 PM
Session Location
Fetzer 2016
Description
Conceived in conjunction with the Lydgate Society, this session contributes to a two-panel sequence celebrating the career of Claire Sponsler, whose work on medieval drama touched most strongly on the corporeality of dramatic performance, its connection with medieval culture writ large, and the ways that it touched both medieval and modern cultures. She also explored the complexities of “importing” medieval drama to the United States, as well as the pedagogical realities of editing and teaching medieval drama, remnants of medieval performance in visual archives, and non-textual performances.
Frank M. Napolitano
Claire Sponsler: In Memoriam I
Fetzer 2016
Conceived in conjunction with the Lydgate Society, this session contributes to a two-panel sequence celebrating the career of Claire Sponsler, whose work on medieval drama touched most strongly on the corporeality of dramatic performance, its connection with medieval culture writ large, and the ways that it touched both medieval and modern cultures. She also explored the complexities of “importing” medieval drama to the United States, as well as the pedagogical realities of editing and teaching medieval drama, remnants of medieval performance in visual archives, and non-textual performances.
Frank M. Napolitano