Introduction : locating a medieval theater -- A history play : the Jeu de saint Nicolas and the world of Arras -- Prodigals and jongleurs : initiative and agenc

This volume explores the multiple connections between contemporary British theatre and the medieval and early modern periods. Involving both French and British

Examines staging conventions in the medieval English theatre and ways in which they conditioned the reactions of the audience.

In Shakespeare's Medieval Craft, Kurt A. Schreyer explores the relationship between Shakespeare’s plays and a tradition of late medieval English biblical dram

This is a thoroughly revised edition of Glynne Wickham's important history of the development of dramatic art in Christian Europe. Professor Wickham surveys the