Early Theatre 6 Special Volume: Performance, Politics, and Culture in the Southwest of Britain, 1350-1642

Early Theatre 6 is a special volume dedicated to essays on Performance, Politics, and Culture in the Southwest of Britain, 1350-1642, a collection inspired by REED sessions at the Leeds International Medieval Congress. Contributors examine subjects as varied as Corpus Christi celebrations; the dramatic interdependence of towns on the Somerset/ Dorset border; and the relationship between itinerant performance and topography. They ask us to consider the influence of puritan reformers on performance; the inter-relation of civic and ecclesiastical affairs in a cathedral city; and the ways in which social conflicts find expression in mimetic activity enacted against rural and urban landscapes. The cultural diversity within the region also emerges, especially in studies of its two Celtic zones: South Wales and Cornwall.

The December issue, ET 6.2, features the following articles: 'At the End of the Road: An Overview of Southwestern Touring Circuits' by Sally-Beth MacLean; 'Minstrels, Morris Dancers, and Players: Tracing the Routes of Travelling Performers in Early Modern Cornwall,' by Gloria J. Betcher; 'Plays and Performing in Early Modern South Wales', byDavid N. Klausner; 'Crossing County Boundaries: Sixteenth-Century Performance and Celebration in Yeovil, co. Somerset, and Sherborne, co. Dorset', by Rosalind C. Hays'; and 'Performance, Politics, and Culture in the Southwest of Britain, 1350–1642: An Historian's Response', by Peter Fleming, along with a large selection of book reviews. Abstracts of these articles are available on our Website at <http://www.earlytheatre.ca/crrs/early/et6_2.HTM>.

Subscription rates for Volume 6 are $30US/$35CAN for both issues. For further information on rates, visit our subscriptions page at <http://www.earlytheatre.ca/crrs/early/etorder.htm>.

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Gloria Betcher
Guest Editor, Early Theatre 6

Gloria J. Betcher, Ph.D.
Associate Editor, _Early Theatre_
Secretary/Treasurer, Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society
Dept. of English
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