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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. > ____