Hall's Chronicle has some royal entry descriptions (there's a notable
one of Anne Boleyn's in 1533). For an actual text, see Gordon Kipling's
"The London Pageants for Margaret of Anjou" [1445], Med. Engl. Theatre
4.1 (1982); and Kipling has also done a book-length edition of the
various MSS on the 1501 reception of Katherine of Aragon, The Receyt of
the Ladie Kateryne (EETS 1990). Then there is Elizabeth I's 1559
"Passage"--found in, e.g., the Arthur Kinney anthology of Ren. plays.
Back in 1432 there is Henry VI's entry into London upon returning from
his coronation in France: descriptive poem by Lydgate.... Kipling's
Enter the King (1998) has some European examples as well as English ones.
Anne Lancashire
ccoulson2 wrote:
>
> Hello REED-ers,
> I have a slightly odd question which requires a little back-story
> before I pose it.
> We at Shenandoah Conservatory are eagerly anticipating the re-opening
> of a bridge which runs between the two main buildings in which our
> faculty teach and have offices. The bridge has been closed since
> September, and this has inconvenienced many of the faculty and
> students (especially with all our snow). Our Dean has decided to have
> a "Mock" Heroic Grand opening for the bridge, late in March, complete
> with trumpet fanfares, banners, a choir, dancing, and 'fireworks'. I
> have volunteered to find an appropriate reading, and I was thinking of
> a royal entry, or something which catalogues great deeds. The entire
> thing will have artistic integrity, but will be performed with a sense
> of fun.
>
> I was wondering if anyone could suggest specific texts, especially
> things published through REED. I have easy access to and knowledge of
> lots of play texts, but am less familiar with the body of occasional
> texts.
>
> Thanks so much,
>
> Carolyn Coulson-Grigsby
>
>
> Carolyn Coulson-Grigsby
> Assistant Professor of Theatre and Humanities
> Shenandoah University
> Winchester, VA 22602
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