Records of Early English Drama North-East: Five Years In
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Dept. of English Studies, Durham Univ.
Organizer Name
Diana Wyatt
Organizer Affiliation
Durham Univ.
Presider Name
Alexandra Johnston
Presider Affiliation
Records of Early English Drama
Paper Title 1
Traveling Players on the North Yorkshire Moors
Presenter 1 Name
David Klausner
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Records of Early English Drama
Paper Title 2
The Murderous Mumming, and Other Unexpected Finds in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Presenter 2 Name
Diana Wyatt
Paper Title 3
Medieval Records for Early English Drama in Durham: Entertaining Town and Gown in the Palatinate
Presenter 3 Name
Mark C. Chambers
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Durham Univ.
Start Date
13-5-2018 10:30 AM
Session Location
Fetzer 2020
Description
As REED N-E nears the five-year mark (September 2018), it seems particularly important to reflect on the extraordinary range and richness of the evidence that has been found over the life of the project. The manuscripts surveyed are themselves a wide variety of types of document, ranging from wills, letters and diaries to household manuals, and from ecclesiastical visitation books and accounts to local authority minutes and ordinances. The information yielded has been equally remarkable in the range of performance types witnessed, and shows that even within the region the traditions could differ noticeably from county to county and even from one Riding of Yorkshire to another. The papers in this session will aim to focus on examples of this great range of both documentary sources and performance types, to demonstrate how the REED N-E evidence will make a new and significant contribution to our understanding of early English performance.
Diana Wyatt
Records of Early English Drama North-East: Five Years In
Fetzer 2020
As REED N-E nears the five-year mark (September 2018), it seems particularly important to reflect on the extraordinary range and richness of the evidence that has been found over the life of the project. The manuscripts surveyed are themselves a wide variety of types of document, ranging from wills, letters and diaries to household manuals, and from ecclesiastical visitation books and accounts to local authority minutes and ordinances. The information yielded has been equally remarkable in the range of performance types witnessed, and shows that even within the region the traditions could differ noticeably from county to county and even from one Riding of Yorkshire to another. The papers in this session will aim to focus on examples of this great range of both documentary sources and performance types, to demonstrate how the REED N-E evidence will make a new and significant contribution to our understanding of early English performance.
Diana Wyatt