Stranger Things: Supernatural Effects on the Medieval and Early Modern Stage

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society (MRDS)

Organizer Name

Cameron Hunt McNabb

Organizer Affiliation

Southeastern Univ.

Presider Name

Cameron Hunt McNabb

Paper Title 1

Technology and the Supernatural in Early Modern Theater Iconography: Christoffel van Sichem's Faustus Illustration and the B-text Version of Marlowe's Doctor Faustus

Presenter 1 Name

John Warrick

Presenter 1 Affiliation

North Central College

Paper Title 2

Slaughtered Babes and Witchcraft in Two King's Men's Plays

Presenter 2 Name

Karen Sawyer Marsalek

Presenter 2 Affiliation

St. Olaf College

Paper Title 3

Holy Theatrics: Relics Onstage in Le Mistere de Saint Quentin

Presenter 3 Name

Emily Ciavarella Kuntz

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Columbia Univ.

Paper Title 4

"I am too much i’the sun": The Ghost of Hamlet and the Psychological Burden of Filial Obligation

Presenter 4 Name

Melissa Pullara

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Carleton Univ.

Start Date

10-5-2019 3:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard Brown & Gold Room

Description

Early drama didn't shy away from spectacle and staging the supernatural. From Croxton's exploding oven to Macbeth's floating head, the medieval and early modern stage was filled with special effects. This panel offers papers exploring how special effects were done in the period or in modern reproduction, archival research on the materials of special effects, and/or the role they played in the plays or the theatre. Frank M. Napolitano