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Mankind DVD featuring a discussion with Carl Heap, founder of Medieval Players available on request. Dr Philip Crispin's recent production of Mankind has been professionally filmed and is now available. As a learning and teaching resource, the DVD explores Mankind from linguistic, social, political and religious perspectives. As well as focusing on theatre history and on how to interpret the play, the DVD and accompanying material facilitate discussions around how to play and stage Mankind. Key areas of analysis include: festive drama; French and English theatre traditions; the clashing liturgical and carnivalesque discourses in the play and their influence on playing styles and language; the morality genre and psychomachia; ritual, symbolism and iconography; costume and stripping; medieval playing spaces; the actor-audience relationship; stage devils and vices; the dramatic figures within the play. Colleagues interested in acquiring a copy are warmly invited to contact Dr Crispin at [log in to unmask] Very best wishes Philip Crispin Dr Philip Crispin Department of Drama and Music University of Hull Hull HU6 7RX (01482) 465242