IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1225: Ambitious Church Plays of the 12th-13th Centuries
Wednesday 9 July 2014, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Medieval & Renaissance Drama Society |
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| Organiser: | Christophe Chaguinian, Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures, University of North Texas |
| Moderator/Chair: | Max Harris, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Paper 1225-a | Dramatic Play or Sacramental Ritual?: The Fleury Playbook Conversion of Paul and Resurrection of Lazarus (Language: English) Index terms: Liturgy, Music, Performance Arts - Drama |
| Paper 1225-b | The Ludus Paschalis of Tours, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 927 (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Music, Performance Arts - Drama |
| Paper 1225-c | The Vernacular Jeu d'Adam: An Ecclesiastical Play? (Language: English) Index terms: Liturgy, Performance Arts - Drama |
| Abstract | Scholars subsume two types of texts under the name 'Liturgical drama'. There are, on the one hand, the numerous short texts that were included in the liturgy, the best known of which is the ubiquitous Visitatio Sepulchri. On the other hand, there are ambitious creations, usually several hundred lines long, such as the well-known Danielis Ludus. This session is concerned with this second type of compositions, and discusses plays from the Fleury Playbook (Nils Petersen), the Ludus Paschalis (Michael Norton), and the Jeu d'Adam (Christophe Chaguinian). While the Jeu d'Adam is a vernacular play, it will be argued that, like the other plays being discussed, it hails from a religious establishment, probably a large secular church. |