The New Middle Ages: Late Medieval Acting and Performance

Aronson-Lehavi, S.

Street Scenes offers a theory of late medieval acting and performance through a fresh and original reading of the Tretise of Miraclis Pleyinge. The performance theory perspective employed here, along with the examination of actor/character dialectics, paves the way to understanding both religious theatre and the complexity of late medieval theatricalities. Sharon Aronson-Lehavi demonstrates the existence of a late medieval discourse about the double appeal of theatre performance: an artistic medium enacting sacred history while simultaneously referring to the present lives of its creators and spectators.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-03-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349373994

DOI: 10.1057/9780230118119

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 183