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Subject: CFP Chester 2010: Drama and Religion 1555-1575
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:27:06 -0500
From: Dr H M Ostovich <[log in to unmask]>
To: Abigail Ann Young <[log in to unmask]>
*CHESTER 2010: DRAMA AND RELIGION 1555-1575 *
*A SYMPOSIUM ABOUT THE CHESTER CYCLE IN CONTEXT*
*Chester 2010* will stage a Catholic version of the complete Chester
Cycle of 23 processional pageant-wagon plays from the city of Chester,
England over three days 21-24 May 2010 on the campus of the
*University** of Toronto*. The new text has been edited by Alexandra
Johnston (REED). The production of the pageants will be shared by /PLS/
and acting companies from all over North America including both
university and community groups. This version of the Chester Cycle
enacts the Christian story from Creation to Judgment, as we believe it
was either witnessed or read in 1572 by Christopher Goodman, a
protestant divine who objected to its catholic content.
The symposium will be organized for morning and evening sessions around
three afternoon performances: 20-minute papers are invited on any of the
following topics. This list is not exhaustive, the dates under study
approximate, and we particularly encourage new work from graduate
students as well as new or seasoned scholars. Selected papers may be
expanded for publication in a collection of essays on the Chester Cycle.
*Abstract due date: 15 July 2009*
1. The changing relationship between religion and drama, especially in
the north:
* Tudor interludes or other drama 1555-1575
* concepts of king and state in Chester
* doubt and faith in Chester
2. Chester: the city as performance site:
* processional stagings and civic architecture
* pageant wagons
* God above, Devil below
* intertextuality among pageants themselves, or involving other texts
3. Sound and silence in Chester:
* music
* wordplay
* biblical echoes
* expectations of 1572 audiences
4 Words and pictures:
* the Chester text in relation to Catholic iconography in the
British Isles and on the Continent
* textual revision as a form of Reformation iconoclasm
By 15 July 2009, please send *250-word abstracts and short (1 page) CVs
to all three organizers:*
David Klausner, University of Toronto <[log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Helen Ostovich, McMaster University <[log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Jennifer Roberts-Smith, University of Waterloo <[log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
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Dr H M Ostovich
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Editor, Early Theatre
Professor, English and Cultural Studies
McMaster University
Hamilton ON L8S 4L9
Canada
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Abigail Ann Young (Dr), Associate Editor/ Records of Early English Drama/
Victoria College/ 150 Charles Street W/ Toronto Ontario Canada
Phone (416) 585-4504/ FAX (416) 813-4093/ [log in to unmask]
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