Contemporary Productions of Medieval Plays

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society (MRDS)

Organizer Name

Robert Clark

Organizer Affiliation

Kansas State Univ.

Presider Name

Robert Clark

Paper Title 1

Medieval Drama/Modern Theater: Presenting French Farces to Modern Audiences

Presenter 1 Name

David Beach; Amanda Kellogg; Frank Napolitano

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Radford Univ.; Radford Univ.; Radford Univ.

Paper Title 2

Time's Up on Marginalizing Medieval Drama: An Argument for Staging Hrotsvit's Plays for Non-Specialist Audiences

Presenter 2 Name

Jenna Soleo-Shanks

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth

Paper Title 3

Don't Cut the Rondeaux! Staging the French Farces Today

Presenter 3 Name

Mario B. Longtin

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Western Univ.

Start Date

11-5-2019 10:00 AM

Session Location

Schneider 1125

Description

To coincide with the second iteration of the Mostly Medieval Theatre Festival organized by Lofton Durham of the Medieval Institute, MRDS proposes a panel on contemporary productions of medieval plays. Frank M. Napolitano