medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Interludes and Early Modern Society
Studies in Gender, Power and Theatricality
Edited by Peter Happé and Wim Hüsken
Amsterdam/New York, NY 2007. 380 pp.
(Ludus 9)
ISBN: 978-90-420-2303-1 Bound € 76,-/
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The essays in this collection, contributed by an internationally
distinguished group of scholars, bring up to date many aspects of the
criticism of the English Interludes. The development of these plays was a
significant part of the history of the growth of English drama in the
sixteenth century to the extent that they may be regarded as its main
stream. Arising by means of a felicitous combination of the development of
printing and the growth of a professional theatre, plays of this type
quickly became a forum for the presentation and exploration of many
contemporary themes. They became a useful means of disseminating a wide
variety of opinions and public concerns as well as exhibiting at times the
intellectual brilliance of the Renaissance.
The essays here are concentrated upon power, particularly in its religious
and political aspects, gender and theatricality. The political and
religious upheavals of the Reformation under the Tudor monarchy form a
background as well as a focus at times. In particular the position of women
in sixteenth-century society is examined in essays on several plays. There
is also discussion of the development of theatrical techniques as
playwrights worked closely with small acting companies to reach a wide
audience ranging from the royal court to the common streets. This was
achieved, as a number of essays make clear, through a variety of
entertaining theatrical devices.
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