You'd also want to add Karl Young's _Drama of the Medieval Church_ to the
list.
On Mon, 15 Oct 2001, Paul Nelsen wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> A colleague of mine has posed a question that I am unable to sort out for
> her with any confidence. The specific query appears below but it asks for a
> date when "liturgical" type drama shifted from interiors of churches to
> outdoors. If you post your response to the list (I am interested and others
> may be), I will pass it along to her. Alternatively, you may reply directly
> to Prof. Clark. Meanwhile I am supplying her with copies of Chambers *The
> Medieval Stage*, Tydeman's *The Theatre in the Middle Ages*, and Hardin
> Craig's *English Religious Drama of the Middle Ages* -- all of which seem
> to provide a swamp of evidence on why it may be hard to pinpoint a date.
> Thanks for your consideration.
>
> Paul Nelsen
> Theatre and Drama
> Marlboro College
>
>
> Is there any documentation (chronicles, letters, etc.) to
> suggest, within a decade or two, when theatrical performances moved from
> a liturgical context within the church to public performances of
> somewhat longer plays on the exterior? I have a reference that mentions
> the twelfth century, but that is a long and complex century, and I would
> like to be more precise. Thank you, W. B. Clark (Art History, Marlboro
> College: [log in to unmask]).
>
Ray Lurie
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