IMC 2004: Sessions
Session 219: Drama on the Edge
Monday 12 July 2004, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Medieval Research Centre, University of Leicester |
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| Organiser: | Greg Walker, Department of English, University of Leicester |
| Moderator/Chair: | Eila Williamson, Department of Celtic & Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh |
| Paper 219-a | On the Edge of Performance: The Reception of Play in Scotland (Language: English) Index terms: Performance Arts - General, Performance Arts - Drama |
| Paper 219-b | Between Drama and Diplomacy: Debates between Love and Chastity in Scottish, French and English Courtly Drama, 1564-5 (Language: English) Index terms: Performance Arts - General, Performance Arts - Dance, Performance Arts - Drama |
| Paper 219-c | Between Art and Play: The Iconography of Host Profanation in the Croxton Play (Language: English) Index terms: Performance Arts - Drama |
| Abstract | This session will consider the role of drama as a liminal space between various forms, genres, and moments in time. It will examine the ways in which similar material is 'translated' from one culture to another, from one genre or mode to another, and how drama itself marks moments of transition or disruption between and among different spheres of activity: 'real' time, dramatic time, 'play' and earnest, etc… |