| Cheshire: (Including Chester) Contributor(s): Baldwin, Elizabeth (Editor), Clopper, Lawrence M. (Editor), Mills, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0802093264 ISBN-13: 9780802093264 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $559.55 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2007 Annotation: The Records of Early English Drama (REED) series aims to establish the context for the great drama of Britain's past by examining material related to drama, secular music, and other communal entertainment and ceremony from the Middle Ages until the mid-seventeenth century. This latest volume in the series is a collection of documentary evidence for dramatic performance, minstrelsy, and civic ceremony in Cheshire to 1642. Editors Elizabeth Baldwin and David Mills have provided introductions detailing the historical background and significance of the documents presented, as well as a full apparatus of document descriptions, explanatory and textual notes and glossaries. Cheshire completes the series of REED volumes on the West of England, and incorporates an updated version of the early Chester volume, as well as providing extensive new material on the county of Cheshire as a whole, making it an essential addition to this much-admired series. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism - Drama | Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 792.09 |
| Series: Records of Early English Drama |
| Physical Information: 3.88" H x 7.37" W x 9.67" (6.44 lbs) 1504 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Records of Early English Drama (REED) series aims to establish the context for the great drama of Britain's past by examining material related to drama, secular music, and other communal entertainment and ceremony from the Middle Ages until the mid-seventeenth century. This latest volume in the series is a collection of documentary evidence for dramatic performance, minstrelsy, and civic ceremony in Cheshire to 1642. Editors Elizabeth Baldwin and David Mills have provided introductions detailing the historical background and significance of the documents presented, as well as a full apparatus of document descriptions, explanatory and textual notes and glossaries. Cheshire completes the series of REED volumes on the West of England, and incorporates an updated version of the early Chester volume, as well as providing extensive new material on the county of Cheshire as a whole, making it an essential addition to this much-admired series. |
Contributor Bio(s): Baldwin, Elizabeth: - Elizabeth Baldwin is a visiting lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Cape Town.Clopper, Lawrence M.: - Lawrence M. Clopper is a professor in the Department of English at Indiana University.Mills, David: - David Mills is a professor emeritus in the School of English at the University of Liverpool. |