The Towneley Plays (Teams Middle English Texts Series)

Epp, Garrett P. J. (EDT)

Medieval Institute Publications（2018/02発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 608 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781580442831
• DDC分類 822.05160801

Full Description

Named for the former owners of the manuscript containing them, the Towneley Plays present some of the best-known examples of Middle English drama. The manuscript itself is now thought to have been produced as late as the mid-sixteenth century, although most of its plays were written much earlier. Once called the Wakefield Cycle on the assumption that they form a cohesive cycle of mystery plays performed by medieval guilds in Wakefield in Yorkshire's West Riding, previous editions of the plays present them in the order in which they appear in the manuscript, encompassing Christian history from Creation to the Day of Judgment. The present edition not only foregrounds the collection's status as an anthology of varied origins and production requirements, but also reflects manuscript evidence of attempts to shape the collection into a coherent whole, while also providing context for theatrical production, facilitating classroom study, and promoting scholarly argument.

Contents

Introduction

1. The Creation

2. The Killing of Abel

3. Noah

4. Abraham

5. Isaac and Jacob

6. Pharaoh

7. The Advent Sequence

8. The Shepherds (1)

9. The Shepherds (2)

10. The Offering of the Magi

11. The Flight into Egypt

12. Herod the Great

13. The Purification of Mary

14. The Doctors

15. John the Baptist 

16. Lazarus

17. The Conspiracy

18. The Buffeting

19. The Scourging

20. The Crucifixion

21. The Dice

22. The Harrowing of Hell

23. The Resurrection

24. The Pilgrims

25. Thomas of India

26. The Ascension

27. Judgment

Appendix: The Hanging of Judas

Explanatory Notes

Textual Notes

Bibliography

Glossary