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Play Texts

Medieval Drama
by Greg Walker (Editor)
Blackwell Publishers, August 2000
"This comprehensive anthology brings together a
diverse collection of dramatic writing from the late
14th Century to the onset of the Renaissance. The
volume presents for the first time the key plays of
the period in their entirety, alongside more unusual
selections, covering religious narrative, religion and
conscience, and politics and morality."—The Publisher.
Extended Review and List of Plays

Medieval Drama
by David Bevington
Hardcover
Houghton Mifflin College, June 1975
"The most comprehensive generally available
anthology." —The Reader's Catalog.

Everyman and Medieval Miracle Plays
(The Everymans Library)
by A.C. Cawley (Editor)
Everymans Library, August 1,1993
"In addition to the morality play, Everyman, this
volume contains a selection of fifteenth century
biblical pageants: the very best from the cycles
of York, Chester, Wakefield, Coventry and
"N. town." A translation of the Cornish Death of
Pilate rounds out this fascinating collection for
admirers of theatre and of medieval literature."
—Amazon.com

York Mystery Plays : A Selection in Modern Spelling
(The World's Classics)
by Richard Beadle, Pamela M. King (Editor)
Oxford Univ Pr (Trade), July 1999
A good translation and wide selection of the plays.

Wakefield Mystery Plays
by Martial Rose (Editor)
W.W. Norton & Company, March 1969
The complete cycle of 32 plays.

The Chester Mystery Cycle :
A New Edition With Modernised Spelling
(Medieval Texts and Studies ; No. 9)
by David Mills (Editor)
Hardcover
Colleagues Press, March 1991
A quality edition, frequently on back order.

Early English Drama : An Anthology
(Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, Vol 1313)
by John C. Coldewey (Editor)
Garland Pub Trade, April 1993

Medieval and Tudor Drama
by John Gassner (Editor)
Paperback
Applause Theatre Book Pub, November 1988
"A selection of English mystery and miracle plays
including Everyman, Tudor interludes and comedies,
and some interesting source materials."
—The Reader's Catalog

Critical Works

Recycling the Cycle : The City of Chester and Its Whitsun Plays
(Studies in Early English Drama, 4)
by David Mills
Hardcover
Univ of Toronto Press, December 1998
"A detailed study of Chester's Whitsun Plays in
their local, physical, social, political, cultural, and
religious contexts." —The Publisher.

A New History of Early English Drama
by John D. Cox (Editor), David Scott Kastan (Editor)
Columbia Univ Press, June 1997
"Splendidly redefines the whole field of early modern
drama. Its individual essays are both definitive accounts
of the state of knowledge today and striking provocations
to further thought-and in combination they provide the
most inclusive, innovative, and important overview of
the drama that we have had to date. "
—Peter Stallybrass, University of Pennsylvania

From Page to Performance :
Essays in Early English Drama
by John A. Alford (Editor)
Hardcover
Michigan State Univ Press, May 1995
An excellent collection of critical essays.
Table of Contents

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre
(Cambridge Companions to Literature)
by Richard Beadle (Editor)
Paperback
Cambridge Univ Press, April 1,1994
"Mystery plays and other drama of the English Middle Ages
are perennially popular with students and theater audiences
alike. This text introduces readers to famous mystery cycles
such as those of Chester and York, as well as great morality
plays such as Everyman." —The Publisher

Chester
by Lawrence M. Clopper (Editor)
Hardcover
Univ of Toronto Pr, June 1979
From REED (Records of Early English Drama)
comes this collection of criticism and sources
for the Chester cycle.

York
(Records of Early English Drama Series)
by Alexandra F. Johnston, Margaret Rogerson (Editor)
Hardcover
Univ of Toronto Pr, January 1979
From REED (Records of Early English Drama)
comes this collection of criticism and sources
for the York cycle.

Medieval Drama
(English Dramatists)
by Christine Richardson (Contributor), Jackie Johnston
Hardcover
St Martins Pr, March 1991
"This book is divided into two main sections; the first
covers the plays of the Mystery Cycles and the second
looks at the Morality plays and interludes."
— The Publisher

Miscellaneous

Approaches to Teaching Medieval English Drama
(Approaches to Teaching World Literature, No 29)
by Richard K. Emmerson (Editor)
Modern Language Association of America, July 1990
An invaluable resource for the teacher.

The Middle English Mystery Play : A Study in Dramatic Speech and Form
(European Studies in English Literature)
by Hans-Jurgen Diller, Frances Wessels (Translator)
Hardcover
Cambridge Univ Pr, New ed, 2005

Drama and Resistance : Bodies, Goods, and Theatricality in Late Medieval England
(Medieval Cultures, Vol 10)
by Claire Sponsler
Univ of Minnesota Pr, May 1997
"Sponsler explores the intertwined histories of bodily
subjectivity, commodity culture, and theatricality in
late medieval England. In a fascinating consideration
of popular drama in the period from 1350 to 1520, she
argues that many types of performances during this
time represented cultural evasions of the imposition
of disciplinary power." —The Publisher.
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