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Would your Dean like to play King? Would your students like to build a few arches? A version of *The Magnificent Entertainmen*t by Thomas Dekker and Ben Jonson for King James's royal entry in 1603/04 was edited by Richard Dutton in *Jacobean Civic Pageants*, published by Keele UP in 1996. Best, Gina On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Anne Lancashire <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Hall's Chronicle has some royal entry descriptions (there's a notable one > of Anne Boleyn's in 1533). For an actual text, see Gordon Kipling's "The > London Pageants for Margaret of Anjou" [1445], Med. Engl. Theatre 4.1 > (1982); and Kipling has also done a book-length edition of the various MSS > on the 1501 reception of Katherine of Aragon, The Receyt of the Ladie > Kateryne (EETS 1990). Then there is Elizabeth I's 1559 "Passage"--found in, > e.g., the Arthur Kinney anthology of Ren. plays. Back in 1432 there is Henry > VI's entry into London upon returning from his coronation in France: > descriptive poem by Lydgate.... Kipling's Enter the King (1998) has some > European examples as well as English ones. > Anne Lancashire > > > ccoulson2 wrote: > >> >> Hello REED-ers, >> I have a slightly odd question which requires a little back-story before I >> pose it. >> We at Shenandoah Conservatory are eagerly anticipating the re-opening of a >> bridge which runs between the two main buildings in which our faculty teach >> and have offices. The bridge has been closed since September, and this has >> inconvenienced many of the faculty and students (especially with all our >> snow). Our Dean has decided to have a "Mock" Heroic Grand opening for the >> bridge, late in March, complete with trumpet fanfares, banners, a choir, >> dancing, and 'fireworks'. I have volunteered to find an appropriate reading, >> and I was thinking of a royal entry, or something which catalogues great >> deeds. The entire thing will have artistic integrity, but will be performed >> with a sense of fun. >> >> I was wondering if anyone could suggest specific texts, especially things >> published through REED. I have easy access to and knowledge of lots of play >> texts, but am less familiar with the body of occasional texts. >> >> Thanks so much, >> >> Carolyn Coulson-Grigsby >> >> >> Carolyn Coulson-Grigsby >> Assistant Professor of Theatre and Humanities >> Shenandoah University >> Winchester, VA 22602 >> [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> ____ >> >> This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information and >> should not be used by anyone who is not the original intended recipient(s) >> or authorized to receive this message for the original intended >> recipient(s). If you have received this e-mail in error please: 1) Inform >> the sender only, do not "Reply to All." 2) Delete this e-mail from your >> mailbox and any other storage system you may have saved or copied it to. 3) >> Do not print, forward, copy or save this e-mail or share its contents with >> anyone. >> >> The contents of this e-mail do not necessarily represent the views or >> policies of Shenandoah University. >> ____ >> > -- Gina Marie Di Salvo Ph.D. Candidate Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Theatre & Drama Northwestern University