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Subject: CFP last call: CHESTER 2010
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 13:08:55 -0400
From: Dr H M Ostovich <[log in to unmask]>
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* CHESTER 2010: DRAMA AND RELIGION 1555-1575 *
*A SYMPOSIUM ABOUT THE CHESTER CYCLE IN CONTEXT*
ABSTRACTS DUE 15 JULY 2009
*WE WILL ACCEPT ABSTRACTS UP TO JULY 23*
*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. * *
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]
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Helen Ostovich, McMaster University <[log in to unmask]
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Jennifer Roberts-Smith, University of Waterloo <[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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Victoria College/ 150 Charles Street W/ Toronto Ontario Canada
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