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As an independent scholar, there's no way I can attend distant conferences like this. Will there be any publication of papers following this conference? thanks, Stephanie Hughes Nyack, NY On Jun 11, 2009, at 8:40 AM, Abigail Ann Young wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: CFP Leeds 2010--MRDS Session "Looking for the Popular > Tradition" > Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:46:07 -0500 > From: Victor scherb <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts > <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > CALL FOR PAPERS > > Leeds, July 12-15, 2010 > > International Congress for Medieval Studies > > > Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society > > Sponsored Session > > Looking for the Early English Popular Tradition: > > Where are the Texts? What’s in the Records? > > > Nearly forty years ago, David Bevington’s /Mankind to Marlowe/ > defined a sixteenth-century popular tradition in terms of the > surviving texts use of doubling, troupe size, and staging > requirements. Much recent work has both developed and questioned > elements of this picture. The REED volumes have provided a wealth > of information about early touring practices, while surviving > evidence suggests that children’s companies were more prevalent > than we had originally thought. This session looks at the texts > commonly placed in the “popular” tradition (which, for this > session, is meant to denote the early professional tradition) as > well as what the records can tell us about them. > > > Topics to consider > > Are there play texts we have missed? (in dialogues, ballads etc) > > > What do these texts reveal about early professional theatrical > practice?(doubling, props, costumes, adaptability to various > venues, etc.) > > > What do the surviving play texts and/or records tell us about > audience expectations and dramatic effect? > > > What’s been lost and why? > > > Who were early printed play texts printed for? How were they used? > > > The practical requirements of touring, touring itineraries, records > of itinerant companies. > > > Send 100 word abstracts for 15-20 minute presentations and contact > information to the following address: > > Victor I. Scherb > > Professor of English > > Department of Literature and Languages > > The University of Texas at Tyler > > Tyler, TX 75799 > > > (903) 566-7374 > > Or e-mail to [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > Deadline: August 20, 2009 > > = > > -- > 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] > List-owner of REED-L <http://www.reed.utoronto.ca/reed-l.html> > http://www.reed.utoronto.ca/ => REED's home page > http://www.reed.utoronto.ca/stage.html => our Web guide > http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~young => my home page