As an independent scholar, there's no way I can attend distant
conferences like this. Will there be any publication of papers
following this conference?
thanks,
Stephanie Hughes
Nyack, NY
On Jun 11, 2009, at 8:40 AM, Abigail Ann Young wrote:
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> Subject: CFP Leeds 2010--MRDS Session "Looking for the Popular
> Tradition"
> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:46:07 -0500
> From: Victor scherb <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
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> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> Leeds, July 12-15, 2010
>
> International Congress for Medieval Studies
>
>
> Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society
>
> Sponsored Session
>
> Looking for the Early English Popular Tradition:
>
> Where are the Texts? What’s in the Records?
>
>
> Nearly forty years ago, David Bevington’s /Mankind to Marlowe/
> defined a sixteenth-century popular tradition in terms of the
> surviving texts use of doubling, troupe size, and staging
> requirements. Much recent work has both developed and questioned
> elements of this picture. The REED volumes have provided a wealth
> of information about early touring practices, while surviving
> evidence suggests that children’s companies were more prevalent
> than we had originally thought. This session looks at the texts
> commonly placed in the “popular” tradition (which, for this
> session, is meant to denote the early professional tradition) as
> well as what the records can tell us about them.
>
>
> Topics to consider
>
> Are there play texts we have missed? (in dialogues, ballads etc)
>
>
> What do these texts reveal about early professional theatrical
> practice?(doubling, props, costumes, adaptability to various
> venues, etc.)
>
>
> What do the surviving play texts and/or records tell us about
> audience expectations and dramatic effect?
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> What’s been lost and why?
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> Who were early printed play texts printed for? How were they used?
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>
> The practical requirements of touring, touring itineraries, records
> of itinerant companies.
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>
> Send 100 word abstracts for 15-20 minute presentations and contact
> information to the following address:
>
> Victor I. Scherb
>
> Professor of English
>
> Department of Literature and Languages
>
> The University of Texas at Tyler
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> Tyler, TX 75799
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>
> (903) 566-7374
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> Or e-mail to [log in to unmask]
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> Deadline: August 20, 2009
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> Abigail Ann Young (Dr), Associate Editor/ Records of Early English
> Drama/
> Victoria College/ 150 Charles Street W/ Toronto Ontario Canada
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