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Larry Clopper's last book deals with many of these issues: Drama, Play and Game: English Festive Culture in the Medieval and Early Modern Period. University of Chicago Press, 2001. dkline On 12/2/09 10:31 AM, "David Kathman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > This person may want to look at Bryan Crockett's 1995 book "The Play of > Paradox: Stage and Sermon in Renaissance England". It deals with the > early modern rather than medieval period, but it has quite a bit about > the theatrical aspects of preaching in 16th-century England. > > Dave Kathman > [log in to unmask] > > Abigail Ann Young wrote: >> I confess that I cannot think of anything that quite meets the >> criteria in this question, so I thought of throwing it open to the >> list. If you have any suggestions, please reply both to the list and >> to Ms Berardini. >> >> Abigail >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Request of Information on G. Ferzoco suggestion >> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 12:47:36 +0100 (CET) >> From: <[log in to unmask]> >> Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >> To: [log in to unmask] >> >> >> >> Dear Prof. Young, >> I am writing you on Prof. George Ferzoco's suggestion. I am an Italian >> Phd student and I am now spending a study period at the University of >> Bristol working with Prof. G. Ferzoco and Prof. C. Muessig. My PhD >> research project is about the relationship between medieval preaching >> and theatre. Thus I am reading sermons by English and Italian >> preachers in order to discover hidden theatrical element that can show >> the use of theatrical means by preachers. In order to achieve this aim >> I am interested in finding documents (if they exist) about the setting >> of the preaching scene by which is it possible to demonstrate that >> medieval preaching shared a lot of features with theatre. Although all >> of the authors of the Artes Praedicandi spoke against theatre and >> tried to avoid any similarity between preachers and minstrels and >> actors, still preachers used a lot of actors' means in order to catch >> the attention of the public. >> Have you ever find anything related with this topic? >> It would be a pleasure to share with you my thoughts on this research >> as I am very interested in your project. >> Thank you for your kindness, I am looking forward for your reply, >> Best, >> Valentina Berardini >> >>