Medieval Studies / Medieval Drama

This book probes occluded depictions of queerness in early English drama, ranging from medieval morality plays to Reformation interludes and beyond.

John R. Elliott Jr. studies the modern context of this important medieval genre.

In the course of the sixth century AD a remarkable change takes place in the form of Western literary narrative. Dramatic mimesis becomes systematic. In this study Joaquin Martinez Pizarro focuses on the scene as the characteristic minimal unit, and on its elements: dialogue, gestures, and significant objects.

Mediaeval Drama in Chester may seem an inaccurate title for lectures which actually reach in seventeenth century; but it is the type of drama, rather than the period, that is in question.