Author: Bernard Gardner
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059550793X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Danse Macabre is set in an imaginary English borough ruled by a powerful and wealthy lord. He believes that his power will allow him to control the lives of key members of his community so they will fit his preconceived ideas of where they belong. (Sound familiar ) What do you think will happen? One member has slipped, or did they all? See this all develop and the amazing conclusion. It's all in fun . or is it? The Blue Yonder is a play about the peace-time Air Force. The interaction among members leads to some hilarious activities which would be incongruous outside the military. A ruthless leader arrives to disturb the boredom and complacency of the Air Force doctors who are fighting to understand the nuances of military medicine and compromise with its mandates. Watch and listen carefully as the clues are dispersed throughout the play leading to the final denouement. Can you guess who did it?
Two Mystery Plays
Author: Bernard Gardner
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059550793X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Danse Macabre is set in an imaginary English borough ruled by a powerful and wealthy lord. He believes that his power will allow him to control the lives of key members of his community so they will fit his preconceived ideas of where they belong. (Sound familiar ) What do you think will happen? One member has slipped, or did they all? See this all develop and the amazing conclusion. It's all in fun . or is it? The Blue Yonder is a play about the peace-time Air Force. The interaction among members leads to some hilarious activities which would be incongruous outside the military. A ruthless leader arrives to disturb the boredom and complacency of the Air Force doctors who are fighting to understand the nuances of military medicine and compromise with its mandates. Watch and listen carefully as the clues are dispersed throughout the play leading to the final denouement. Can you guess who did it?
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059550793X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Danse Macabre is set in an imaginary English borough ruled by a powerful and wealthy lord. He believes that his power will allow him to control the lives of key members of his community so they will fit his preconceived ideas of where they belong. (Sound familiar ) What do you think will happen? One member has slipped, or did they all? See this all develop and the amazing conclusion. It's all in fun . or is it? The Blue Yonder is a play about the peace-time Air Force. The interaction among members leads to some hilarious activities which would be incongruous outside the military. A ruthless leader arrives to disturb the boredom and complacency of the Air Force doctors who are fighting to understand the nuances of military medicine and compromise with its mandates. Watch and listen carefully as the clues are dispersed throughout the play leading to the final denouement. Can you guess who did it?
The Wakefield Mystery Plays
Author: Martial Rose
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393004830
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The complete cycle of thirty-two plays.
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393004830
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The complete cycle of thirty-two plays.
York Mystery Plays
Author: Richard Beadle
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191611239
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 569
Book Description
This volume offers 22 of the central pageants which make up York's famous Corpus Christi cycle. The York cycle is the oldest and best-known of the English mystery cycles, and its depth and scope are reflected in the selection printed here. The shape of the cycle was governed by subject matter of enduring spiritual significance, both to its contemporary audience and in later literary and artistic tradition, and the selection reflects these concerns. Included are plays on the Creation, the Fall of Man, the Incarnation, Passion, and Resurrection of Christ, and the Last Judgement. The Passion sequence has been expanded by six of the eight plays generally attributed to the great poetic dramatist known as the York Realist: the authentic text of these plays is not otherwise available in paperback. As well as providing detailed annotation, this edition offers an introduction which examines the history of the cycle and discusses the immensely popular modern productions in York and elsewhere. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191611239
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 569
Book Description
This volume offers 22 of the central pageants which make up York's famous Corpus Christi cycle. The York cycle is the oldest and best-known of the English mystery cycles, and its depth and scope are reflected in the selection printed here. The shape of the cycle was governed by subject matter of enduring spiritual significance, both to its contemporary audience and in later literary and artistic tradition, and the selection reflects these concerns. Included are plays on the Creation, the Fall of Man, the Incarnation, Passion, and Resurrection of Christ, and the Last Judgement. The Passion sequence has been expanded by six of the eight plays generally attributed to the great poetic dramatist known as the York Realist: the authentic text of these plays is not otherwise available in paperback. As well as providing detailed annotation, this edition offers an introduction which examines the history of the cycle and discusses the immensely popular modern productions in York and elsewhere. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Four Mystery Plays
Author: Rudolf Steiner
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Four Mystery Plays" by Rudolf Steiner. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Four Mystery Plays" by Rudolf Steiner. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Shakespeare's Mystery Play
Author: Stephen T. Sohmer
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719055669
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Through considerable detective work, this work sets out to show that Julius Caeser was the first play performed at the new Globe Theatre on 12 June 1599. Drawing on many areas of expertise, which are rarely allied in Shakespeare scholarship to such an extent, including biblical, liturgical, social and theatrical history, the author sheds new light not only on Julius Caeser but on a variety of accepted beliefs. These include: why Hamlet was not crowned king when his father died; why Brutus would not swear to murder Caeser; why the Elizabethan authorities retained the Julian calender; and why the orthodox dates of the first composition of both Twelfth Night and Hamlet can be called into question.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719055669
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Through considerable detective work, this work sets out to show that Julius Caeser was the first play performed at the new Globe Theatre on 12 June 1599. Drawing on many areas of expertise, which are rarely allied in Shakespeare scholarship to such an extent, including biblical, liturgical, social and theatrical history, the author sheds new light not only on Julius Caeser but on a variety of accepted beliefs. These include: why Hamlet was not crowned king when his father died; why Brutus would not swear to murder Caeser; why the Elizabethan authorities retained the Julian calender; and why the orthodox dates of the first composition of both Twelfth Night and Hamlet can be called into question.
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
Author: Arthur Wing Pinero
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Aubrey Tanqueray willingly withdraws from London society to marry his second wife, for Paula Ray has had a notorious past. She has all the warmth that Aubrey's first wife lacked. But in the country, ostracized by the respectable, their relationship becomes intolerably strained. Paula realises that her past will always harm those she loves. Even before Aubrey is told of Paula's suicide he curses men of his class who wreak such incalculable harm merely by leading a 'man's life'.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Aubrey Tanqueray willingly withdraws from London society to marry his second wife, for Paula Ray has had a notorious past. She has all the warmth that Aubrey's first wife lacked. But in the country, ostracized by the respectable, their relationship becomes intolerably strained. Paula realises that her past will always harm those she loves. Even before Aubrey is told of Paula's suicide he curses men of his class who wreak such incalculable harm merely by leading a 'man's life'.
The Chester Mystery Plays
Author: Maurice Hussey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The N-Town Plays
Author: Victor I Scherb
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
ISBN: 1580444385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
In the late 1400s in eastern England, a scribe was in the process of compiling a large dramatic manuscript of over two hundred vellum folios. The manuscript contains components of an independent Mary Play, parts one and two of an independent Passion Play and an independent Assumption of Mary Play, as well as ten play subjects that appear in no other English cycles - the killing of Lamech in the Noah Play, the Root of Jesse, the story of Joachim and Anne, the Presentation of Mary in the Temple, the Parliament of Heaven, the Trial of Mary and Joseph, the scene of Mary and the cherry tree in the Nativity Play, the Death of Herod, the scene of Veronica's handkerchief in the Procession to Calvary, and the appearance of the risen Christ to the Virgin Mary in her Assumption Play. This edition acknowledges the N-Town compiler who took plays from various contexts and integrated them into an existing cycle of plays, thus treating the manuscript as if it were a superstructure whose parts could be replaced, renovated, and supplemented without altering the fundamental coherence of the overarching design.
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
ISBN: 1580444385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
In the late 1400s in eastern England, a scribe was in the process of compiling a large dramatic manuscript of over two hundred vellum folios. The manuscript contains components of an independent Mary Play, parts one and two of an independent Passion Play and an independent Assumption of Mary Play, as well as ten play subjects that appear in no other English cycles - the killing of Lamech in the Noah Play, the Root of Jesse, the story of Joachim and Anne, the Presentation of Mary in the Temple, the Parliament of Heaven, the Trial of Mary and Joseph, the scene of Mary and the cherry tree in the Nativity Play, the Death of Herod, the scene of Veronica's handkerchief in the Procession to Calvary, and the appearance of the risen Christ to the Virgin Mary in her Assumption Play. This edition acknowledges the N-Town compiler who took plays from various contexts and integrated them into an existing cycle of plays, thus treating the manuscript as if it were a superstructure whose parts could be replaced, renovated, and supplemented without altering the fundamental coherence of the overarching design.
Everyman
Author: Anonymous
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781420978001
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Written in Middle English during the Tudor period, "Everyman" is the most famous example of the medieval morality play. Popular in Europe during the 15th and 16th century, morality plays were allegorical dramas in which the protagonists are met with the personifications of personal attributes and tasked with choosing either a good and godly life or evil. "Everyman" is the archetypal morality play, as the main character, Everyman, represents all of mankind. God, frustrated with the wicked and greedy, sends Death to Everyman and summons him to account for his misdeeds and sins. It was believed that God tallied all of one's good and evil deeds in life and then one must provide an accounting before God upon one's death. During Everyman's pilgrimage to God, he meets many characters, such as Fellowship, Good Deeds, and Knowledge. Everyman asks them all to join him in his journey so that he may improve his reckoning before God. In the end, it is only Good Deeds that stays with him before God and helps Everyman find salvation and eternal life. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781420978001
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Written in Middle English during the Tudor period, "Everyman" is the most famous example of the medieval morality play. Popular in Europe during the 15th and 16th century, morality plays were allegorical dramas in which the protagonists are met with the personifications of personal attributes and tasked with choosing either a good and godly life or evil. "Everyman" is the archetypal morality play, as the main character, Everyman, represents all of mankind. God, frustrated with the wicked and greedy, sends Death to Everyman and summons him to account for his misdeeds and sins. It was believed that God tallied all of one's good and evil deeds in life and then one must provide an accounting before God upon one's death. During Everyman's pilgrimage to God, he meets many characters, such as Fellowship, Good Deeds, and Knowledge. Everyman asks them all to join him in his journey so that he may improve his reckoning before God. In the end, it is only Good Deeds that stays with him before God and helps Everyman find salvation and eternal life. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.
A Medley Of Murder Mystery Plays
Author: Lee Mueller
Publisher: Lee Mueller
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
3 comedy murder mystery plays by Lee Mueller. A collection of earliest play scripts and some of his most popular works that have been produced nationally and internationally. This medley of mystery includes "Murder Me Always" - During a very bad performance of "Murder Me Always", a real murder takes place off stage. The Director is shot. The "fake" play comes to a halt and a "real" murder mystery begins. "Talk About A Murder" - A Television talk Show is taping a live broadcast. One of the guests turns up dead, while the show is "live" on the air. Can the hosts and guests solve the murder? Will it boost their ratings? Must the Show go on? And the award-winning "Death Of A Doornail" - An eccentric Millionaire, Albert Doornale has invited all of his close friends to his estate. Only problem is, Albert is missing. No one has seen him. Was Albert killed? Kidnapped? A murder investigation will begin, as soon as a body is found
Publisher: Lee Mueller
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
3 comedy murder mystery plays by Lee Mueller. A collection of earliest play scripts and some of his most popular works that have been produced nationally and internationally. This medley of mystery includes "Murder Me Always" - During a very bad performance of "Murder Me Always", a real murder takes place off stage. The Director is shot. The "fake" play comes to a halt and a "real" murder mystery begins. "Talk About A Murder" - A Television talk Show is taping a live broadcast. One of the guests turns up dead, while the show is "live" on the air. Can the hosts and guests solve the murder? Will it boost their ratings? Must the Show go on? And the award-winning "Death Of A Doornail" - An eccentric Millionaire, Albert Doornale has invited all of his close friends to his estate. Only problem is, Albert is missing. No one has seen him. Was Albert killed? Kidnapped? A murder investigation will begin, as soon as a body is found