Summer Games
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society (MRDS)
Organizer Name
Alexandra F. Johnston
Organizer Affiliation
Records of Early English Drama
Presider Name
Gordon Kipling
Presider Affiliation
Univ. of California-Los Angeles
Paper Title 1
"It{em} Rec{euyd} for thencrease of the mayale . . .": Summer Games in England
Presenter 1 Name
Alexandra F. Johnston
Paper Title 2
Hooligans or Good Neighbors? Reading Records of Summer Games
Presenter 2 Name
Peter Greenfield
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Univ. of Houston-Downtown
Paper Title 3
Summer Games and the Neighborhood in Wiltshire
Presenter 3 Name
Rosalind C. Hays
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Dominican Univ.
Start Date
10-5-2019 1:30 PM
Session Location
Bernhard Brown & Gold Room
Description
The research of Records of Early English Drama in the south central counties of England has discovered many performative traditions in the parishes staged before the beginning of the harvest to raise money for the maintenance of the parish churches, many already hundreds of years old in the 16th century. These included plays, Robin Hood events, Morris dancing, maypoles, king games, lords and ladies of the summer festival and “gatherings.” In this session, three REED editors will discuss and compare these customs from the counties of Hampshire, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Frank M. Napolitano
Summer Games
Bernhard Brown & Gold Room
The research of Records of Early English Drama in the south central counties of England has discovered many performative traditions in the parishes staged before the beginning of the harvest to raise money for the maintenance of the parish churches, many already hundreds of years old in the 16th century. These included plays, Robin Hood events, Morris dancing, maypoles, king games, lords and ladies of the summer festival and “gatherings.” In this session, three REED editors will discuss and compare these customs from the counties of Hampshire, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Frank M. Napolitano
