Lessons in "hopping": the Dance of Death and the Chester mystery cycle.

From: Comparative Drama | Date: September 22, 2002| Author: Oosterwijk, Sophie | Copyright information

The plays in the Chester mystery cycle may paint a vivid picture of religious belief on the eve of the Reformation, but they also contain many echoes of contemporary social customs as well as borrowings from other sources, both textual and visual. (1) Over the years, research into medieval drama has not just focused on the play texts themselves but also has taken into account the art of the period for visual parallels to the plays. W. L. Hildburgh and M. D. Anderson are but two in ...

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