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I am so sorry to hear this news. I have many fond memories of working with Audrey and consulting with her on various topics. My condolences to her family. Abby On 2019-07-21 6:31 p.m., Sarah MacLean wrote: > I am sad to report on the death this past week of Audrey Douglas, a > longstanding contributor to the REED project and editor of 3 > collections in the REED series. Audrey graduated in medieval history > from the University of Toronto and was one of the first hired during > the founding years to work with Ian Lancashire as bibliographic > research assistant. After leaving this role, she was appointed editor > of the county collections for Cumberland and Westmorland. > > Audrey’s edition of Cumberland and Westmorland records, together with > Peter Greenfield’s Gloucestershire collection, was published in 1986 > as the first county volume in the REED series, setting the standard > for analysis and annotation of county dramatic records. She then moved > on to research the extensive records of the cathedral city of > Salisbury, a collection now in pre-production at the office, to be > paired with the rest of Wiltshire, being edited by Rosalind Hays and > Ted McGee. > > Audrey’s gifts to REED include more than her editions. She designed > the very first version of the patrons database called Pastime in > Basic, laying the foundation for what has since evolved as the Patrons > and Performances website. It was also her idea to celebrate 25 years > of REED's existence with a series of conference sessions at the > International Medieval Congress in Leeds and a collection of invited > essays which she co-edited, /REED in Review: Essays in Celebration of > the First Twenty-Five Years/, published by UTP in 2006. > > A celebration in memory of Audrey Douglas will be held at Bloor Street > United Church in Toronto on Tuesday, 3 September, at 7pm. I will be > happy to collect and share with the family any messages of condolence > meanwhile. > > Sally-Beth -- Dr Abigail Ann Young 303-45 Carlton St Toronto, ON 416-260-0193 http:/www.chass.utoronto.ca/~young http:/wrestlingwiththebible.ca