This book presents a detailed survey and analysis of the surviving corpus of biblical drama from all parts of medieval Christian Europe. Over five hundred plays

There has been a marked revival of interest in medieval drama in recent years, much of it informed by an increasing understanding that drama is not just literat

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Originally published in 1965. The European dramatic tradition rests on a group of religious dramas that appeared between the tenth and twelfth centuries. These

This work examines the role of the prompter who operated in full view of the audience and offered all the lines to the players. Such a role and its function is