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Steve, I think that is the best advice on this. Your colleague could have a look at what Paul Johnston has to say in the appendix in my edition, but I think the advice would be the same. Cliff ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen K Wright" <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 5:47:00 PM > Subject: Re: York Master? > > Thanks for the reply, Cliff. My sense of the matter is that there is > an increasing degree of skepticism that all of these works must be > attributed to a single individual. They might point to a > convergence of metrical, stylistic, lexical, structural, and > thematic traits produced by several hands. I think I'm just going > to caution my colleague and advise him to use the old dodge: "a > play often attributed to the so-called 'York Realist'." > Steve > ________________________________________ > From: REED-L: Records of Early English Drama Discussion > [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Clifford O Davidson > [clifford.davidson@WMICHU] > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 2:39 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: York Master? > > Steve, > > It is a problem that has been considered by Paul Johnston in his > contribution to my TEAMS edition of the York plays. His results are > tentative, and he hopes eventually to do a book on the topic. I > personally after editing the plays suspect a number of hands > involved rather than a single "York Master," but I don't have the > linguistic expertise that Paul has. > > Cliff > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Stephen K Wright" <[log in to unmask]> > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 4:27:19 PM > > Subject: York Master? > > > > Dear Reedlers: > > > > I would like to know more about the current state of thinking about > > the existence of the so-called "York Master"? I know that Richard > > Beadle felt that a reconsideration was in order, but I am not sure > > as to what the current state of the discussion is. Could someone > > point me to the latest literature on the topic? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Steve Wright > > Dept of English / CUA > > Washington, DC 2006 > > >