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See my "sacred Blood and the late Medieval Stage," in my History, Religion, and Vilence: Cultural Contexts for Medieval and Renaissance English Drama (Ashgate, 2002), esp. 189-91. Clifford Davidson ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael O'Connell <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, May 14, 2010 7:26 pm Subject: Query about blood > Does anyone know of records that indicate how the portrayal of the > shedding of blood was managed on the late English medieval stage? > There > are of course a good many references to the blood that Christ sheds > in > the passion through last judgment pageants, and I'm assuming this > was > graphically represented. And the slaughter of the innocents was > another > likely scene of grotesque bloodshed. Were animal bladders or > leather > sacks used? > > There are a number of references to French theater in John Spalding > Gatton's 1991 essay, and Abigail has put me on to a reference to > blood > in a leather sack in a Becket play in Canterbury. > > Are there other records in English sources? > > Michael O'Connell >