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Oxford (University and City) Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Jr, John R. Elliott (Editor), Nelson, Alan (Editor), Johnston, Alexandra (Editor)
ISBN: 0802039057     ISBN-13: 9780802039057
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
OUR PRICE:   $440.80  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: March 2004
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - Medieval
- Performing Arts
- History | Europe - France
Dewey: 791.094
LCCN: 2004444575
Series: Records of Early English Drama
Physical Information: 4.01" H x 7" W x 10" (5.87 lbs) 1000 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453)
- Cultural Region - French
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

The Records of Early English Drama (REED) series aims to establish the context for the great drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries by examining the historical manuscripts that provide external evidence of drama, secular music, and other communal entertainment and ceremony from the Middle Ages until Puritan legislation closed the London theatres in 1642. Oxford (University and City), the series' latest volume, brings together, for the first time, all of the evidence for performance in the whole of Oxford, including colleges, halls, university, town government, parish churches, craft guilds, and ecclesiastical courts.

The collection includes unique eyewitness accounts of performances of professional players including a description of the death of Desdemona in Shakespeare's Othello. As with all volumes in the REED series, Oxford (University and City) is transcribed from the original sources, edited, and presented with explanatory notes, translations, and a general introduction. The edition complements the material contained in REED Cambridge (UTP, 1988), and allows scholars to better understand academic drama in its local and collegiate contexts and to compare and contrast the nature of academic drama in both cities.

Two volume set


Contributor Bio(s): Jr, John R. Elliott: -

John R. Elliott Jr. is a professor emeritus in the Department of English at Syracuse University.

Nelson, Alan: - Alan Nelson is a professor in the Department of English at the University of California, Berkeley.

Johnston, Alexandra: - Alexandra F. Johnston is a professor in the Department of English at the University of Toronto.
Wyatt, Diana: - Diana Wyatt is an independent scholar living in Oxfordshire.