You might want to think about gestures common to the stage and pulpit. Have a look at _Gesture in Medieval Drama and Art_ (Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications, 2001), of which I am editor.
Clifford Davidson
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From: Abigail Ann Young <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 1:39 pm
Subject: Query about preaching and theatre
> I confess that I cannot think of anything that quite meets the
> criteria
> in this question, so I thought of throwing it open to the list. If
> you
> have any suggestions, please reply both to the list and to Ms
> Berardini.
> Abigail
>
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> Subject: Request of Information on G. Ferzoco suggestion
> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 12:47:36 +0100 (CET)
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> Dear Prof. Young,
> I am writing you on Prof. George Ferzoco's suggestion. I am an
> Italian
> Phd student and I am now spending a study period at the University
> of
> Bristol working with Prof. G. Ferzoco and Prof. C. Muessig. My PhD
> research project is about the relationship between medieval
> preaching
> and theatre. Thus I am reading sermons by English and Italian
> preachers
> in order to discover hidden theatrical element that can show the
> use of
> theatrical means by preachers. In order to achieve this aim I am
> interested in finding documents (if they exist) about the setting
> of the
> preaching scene by which is it possible to demonstrate that
> medieval
> preaching shared a lot of features with theatre. Although all of
> the
> authors of the Artes Praedicandi spoke against theatre and tried to
> avoid any similarity between preachers and minstrels and actors,
> still
> preachers used a lot of actors' means in order to catch the
> attention of
> the public.
> Have you ever find anything related with this topic?
> It would be a pleasure to share with you my thoughts on this
> research as
> I am very interested in your project.
> Thank you for your kindness, I am looking forward for your reply,
> Best,
> Valentina Berardini
>
>
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