Gloria and David -- I have held back on this but if you need someone for the session I can certainly put something together from my Thames Valley stuff
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From: Gloria J Betcher
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Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 12:07 PM
Subject: 2004 MRDS CFPs for Kalamazoo
I thought I would repost our CFPs for the Medieval and Renaissance Drama sessions at the 2004 International Medieval Congress one last time before the deadline next Monday.
Our "Manuscripts and Performance" session is now full. Please don't send any more abstracts for that session. Our other, three session organizers, however, are still accepting abstracts, preferably via e-mail:
"Itinerant players in the sixteenth century" The plan for this session is _not_ to focus on major travelling companies, but on the evidence for individuals and small (unlicensed?) companies. Abstracts dealing with English and continental sources are both welcome. The time frame can easily be expanded backwards if there are papers dealing with the fifteenth century.
Organizer: David N. Klausner <[log in to unmask]>
"Early Stage Revivals of Medieval Drama," ... Proposals dealing with early modern drama will also be given consideration.
Organizer: Robert Clark <[log in to unmask]>
"Never Appear with Them: Animals and Children in Medieval Drama"
Possible topics:
The use of animals onstage (e.g. the Interludium de Clerico et Puella)
Children or animals and the pulling of dramatic focus: the problems and
the opportunities provided by their presence
Children or animals as figures for comedy and/or pathos
Childhood as theme or as a means of reinforcing other themes
Children and/or animals in the records or surviving play texts
Organizer: Victor I. Scherb <[log in to unmask]>
You can also submit abstracts directly to me at the fax or e-mail address below so that I can forward abstracts to the session organizers.
Gloria Betcher
Gloria J. Betcher, Ph.D.
Associate Editor, _Early Theatre_
Secretary/Treasurer, Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society
Dept. of English
Iowa State University
206 Ross Hall
Ames, IA 50011
USA
office: (515) 294-3026
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Website address: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gbetcher
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