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Looks like an outstanding conference. Well done you and your colleagues.
Best wishes
JOhn

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Dear Tanya
Very many congratulations on these new St Pauls additions -- fascinating. This is another great contribution from REED. I hope all is well with you. Kindest wishes
John

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Excellent news! Congratulations!!
Best,
Diane

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Dear Tanya
Very many congratulations on these new St Pauls additions -- fascinating. This is another great contribution from REED. I hope all is well with you. Kindest wishes
John

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David,

I can try, but after May 22. We are in exams, then graduation.

Elza C. Tiner

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Helen,

Thank you for your lovely words, remembering Joanna so warmly and fully
Alan Somerset

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Hear, hear:

You captured her perfectly. One more great spirit leaves us.

Best,
Milla Riggio

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Helen,

Thank you for your lovely words, remembering Joanna so warmly and fully
Alan Somerset

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Helen, you’ve done a marvelous job celebrating JoAnna’s many interests and talents. Her spirit lives on in your words and her gifts to our corner of the profession live on in her work.

Farewell and thank you, JoAnna.

Gloria

Gloria J. Betcher, PhD (she/her)
Teaching Professor of English
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator
Department of English
Iowa State University
419 Ross Hall
Ames, IA 50011 

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Gruesome!! But we have to remember that they used to roast people tied to a spit (or stake) if the victims were of the opposite religious persuasion…so the idea of burning alive, publicly, was not unknown. Foxe’s Acts and Monuments contains numerous grisly descriptions.

Cheers!
Alan Somerset

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Sounds interesting, Tanya. How does one access it? --Bill

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 8:50 AM Tanya Hagen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Stay tuned this afternoon for the first in a 2-part series on the plague
> in early modern England, featuring the work of our affiliate graduate
> students.
>
> In today's post Alexandra Atiya considers plague references in the c16th
> Southampton 'Book of Fines.'
>
> Alexandra Atiya is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Medieval Studies at
> the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on late-medieval English
> morality and miracle plays.
>

Hi Bill,

The post will be live in less than an hour; I'll send out a link then.

Best,

Tanya

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 7:24 AM William Ingram <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Sounds interesting, Tanya. How does one access it? --Bill
>
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 8:50 AM Tanya Hagen <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Stay tuned this afternoon for the first in a 2-part series on the plague
>> in early modern England, featuring the work of our affiliate graduate
>> students.
>>
>> In today's post Alexandra Atiya considers plague references in the c16th
 

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Great stuff!

Cheers,
Suzanne

> On Jun 6, 2022, at 9:24 AM, Tanya Hagen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> 
> We are very pleased to announce the publication of the latest and final post in David Klausner's blog series on North Yorkshire, 'The Drama of Recusancy in Yorkshire's North Riding.'
>
> This final post considers the village of Egton -- home to 'the country's only known company of recusant players' -- as a hub of recusant activity. The port at Whitby, far from any large urban centres, offered a quiet entry point for newly ordained priests making their way 

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Thanks for sharing!

Elza C. Tiner

On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 9:24 AM Tanya Hagen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> We are very pleased to announce the publication of the latest and final
> post in David Klausner's blog series on North Yorkshire, 'The Drama of
> Recusancy in Yorkshire's North Riding.'
>
> This final post considers the village of Egton -- home to 'the country's
> only known company of recusant players' -- as a hub of recusant activity.
> The port at Whitby, far from any large urban centres, offered a quiet
> entry point for newly ordained 

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Dear James
There is a good one on pp xix--xxi in the Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre, ed. Richard Beadle and Alan J Fletcher, 2nd edn. As regards fixing the date of the Towneley plays, however, you might consider just putting the text on the end of a long piece of elastic and bouncing it up and down for the students (works just as well virtually).
Best wishes
John

Hi John,

Of all the books I plucked off my shelf to look in (most of which weren't
complete enough), I didn't try that one. I'll go do so!
Thanks! And yes, I'm going to take any of the dates with a pinch of salt to
be honest.

Many thanks,
James

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This is terrific, Tanya. I have been deeply involved in family affairs
this week (a brother died last weekend) and just tonight had a chance to
look at what you have done. Havn't read it thoroughly yet but will very
soon.

Best

On 2021-12-17 8:13 a.m., Tanya Hagen wrote:
> We are pleased to announce that 'REED THIS! A blog about the Records
> of Early English Drama project' is now live.
>
> Our inaugural series features the records of the newly published
> /Yorkshire, North Riding/ collection, edited by David Klausner. Read
> the first essay, 'Music in Yorkshire's 

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This is wonderful - thank you, David! It also brings back vivid memories of our REED N-E team summer outing to Gilling Castle a few years ago - happy days!
Diana

Dr Diana Wyatt
Honorary Fellow,
Durham University,
Department of English Studies,
77 Hallgarth Street,
Durham DH1 3Ay, UK.

REED NE Project: http://community.dur.ac.uk/reed.ne

Stumbled upon this story in *The Yorkshire Post* about the project and
thought list members would like to see it.

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/ancient-records-of-travelling-players-performing-shakespeares-plays-in-yorkshire-revealed-in-new-online-collection-3499540?fbclid=IwAR0kbxw1IZybJQU8vuAgKrhgQLiHVmJ6To4VxxjmrwiXkvnr7maJY7l9jqQ

Great job, David K. and everyone else involved.

Alan B.

On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 8:14 AM Tanya Hagen <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> We are pleased to announce that 'REED THIS! A blog about the Records of
> Early English Drama project' is now live.
>
> Our inaugural series features the records of the newly published *Yorkshire,
> North Riding* collection, edited by David Klausner. Read the first essay,
> 'Music in Yorkshire's North Riding,' here:
>
> 

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Dear Diana,

    David's collection and Tanya's blog  have been the bright
happenings this past few weeks. As you saw from my compliments to Tanya
(which I didn't intend to send to the whole list) my older brother died
a week ago Saturday. He would have been 91 in March. We knew it was
coming but not this soon. He just missed the birth of his first
great-grand child who was born three days after he died. Donald, my
nephew who lives in London and his partner and a great nephew who is
teaching in Stockholm came for the funeral. 

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Congratulations, David!

Best,
Doug Hayes

On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 2:59 PM Tiner, Elza <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Congratulations to David Klausner and to REED, and Happy Holidays to all!
>
> Elza C. Tiner
>
>
> --
> Professor of Latin
> School of Humanities
> College of Arts & Sciences
> University of Lynchburg
> Lynchburg, VA 24501
>

Dear Erika,

Many congrats!!! Thanks so much for sharing the TOC especially. I can’t wait to read this. These essays look fantastic.

Best,

Gina

Woooppppeeeee!! HUZZAAHHH!

Best,
SRW

> On May 22, 2021, at 11:12 AM, WYATT, DIANA K.J. <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> On behalf of the Records of Early English Drama North-East project, hosted at Durham University (UK), I am delighted to announce the publication of Early Performers and Performance in the North-East of England, edited by John McKinnell and Diana Wyatt and published by Arc Humanities Press in the Early Social Performance series under Pamela King's editorship.
>
> The collection, containing contributions from every member of the REED North-East team, reflects the remarkable range and diversity of performance types across the 

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Congratulations!

Gloria J. Betcher, Ph.D.
Adjunct Associate Professor of English
Department of English
Iowa State University
419 Ross Hall
Ames, IA 50011

Office phone: (515) 294-3026

Diana, and everyone involved in this wonderful project,

Congratulations!!!

Cheers,
Alan Somerset

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Sent: May 22, 2021 11:12 AM
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Subject: Announcing publication of REED North-East essay collection

On behalf of the Records of Early English Drama North-East project, hosted at Durham University (UK), I am delighted to announce the publication of Early Performers and Performance in the North-East of England, edited by John McKinnell and Diana Wyatt and published by Arc Humanities Press in the Early Social Performance series under Pamela King's editorship. 

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Many congratulations! I’m so looking forward to reading these essays!

Best,

Gina

I'd suggest looking at the possibility of a partial London Midsummer Watch
pageant reference. In the 1512 Watch, e.g., one of the pageants was a
Castle of War; and although we haven't much in the way of detail about
this particular pageant, in other Midsummer Watch pageants in other years
a Castle of War can involve a sultan: see, e.g., 1521. (REED: Civic
London, vol. 1) Both the 1512 pageant and the 1521 pageant were Drapers'
Company pageants, but participants in the pageant were hired and so need
not have been Drapers--and More's reference is general in any case. The
 

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It's been ages since I've read it, but Retha Warnicke's article, "More's Richard III and the Mystery Plays," in Historical Journal 35 (1992): 761-78, may also be helpful.
~Michael A. Winkelman

Thanks to Anne Lancashire and Michael Winkelman for leads on what the
"staige plaie" reference in More's Richard III was all about. The
Warnicke article I found at JSTOR. I especially needed that correction
to my misapprehension: More was not referring to some skit in which a
sultan (character) was really a shoemaker (character)--which is good
comedic stuff for later decades and centuries--but a civilian shoemaker
acting in the role of the sultan in a morality play who would not want
anyone in the audience to call him by his actual name. 

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Al,

On another note, the explanation “plaied vpon scaffoldes [execution platforms]” is limiting, I think. The primary meaning of “scaffoldes” in a theatrical metaphor would have been raised stages, rather than execution platforms. Of course, the term means both here, and it’s commonplace for commentators to note the pun on the term “scaffoldes” to evoke the execution platform. I’m curious why you chose to define the term using only the secondary meaning rather than the less-well-known one or both meanings. 

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Just an aside on scaffolds. In my youth I worked for a builder in
Massachusetts, and learned that the structures builders erect on the
outsides of buildings to facilitate work, structures that I (a
midwesterner) called scaffolding, they called staging. I wonder how old,
and how transatlantic, these usages might be.

Bill Ingram

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They certainly used staging as workmen's platforms in the 16th century churchwardens' accounts of Suffolk, which can give fits since some of those parishes also used platform stages for their plays.

Jim Stokes

Gloria Betcher asked why I chose to gloss "scaffoldes" as execution
platforms. The fuller context for the swatch of More that I quoted is
that Richard, duke of Gloucester, has play-acted reluctance in taking
the crown, after a stage-managed set of events in the spring of 1483
that included at least four executions (two nobles and two knights) on
execution platforms and several arrests, not to mention the rumored
murder of the Princes in the Tower. So while More has an analogy to a
"staige plaie," the stage for Richard's play is more likely a scaffold
set up for beheading. 

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If you can lay hands on it, the first part of Sandra Billington's Mock Kings in Medieval Society and Renaissance Drama (OUP, 1991) might help with the 'kynges games, as it were staige playes'.

Sarah

Sarah Carpenter
English Literature
University of Edinburgh
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
50 George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LH

An addendum: Jo Koster asks that you encourage your students to register
for this event, as its chief audience is students, though I imagine we'll
all learn a lot.

On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 3:46 PM Alan Baragona <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From Jo Koster, of Winthrop University.
>
> Cultural event next Thursday night (Oct. 29), 7 pm, featuring some of your
> favorite WU faculty, and me. Free--but you need to register to get the Zoom
> link. Register in advance for this meeting:
>
> https://winthrop-edu.zoom.us/.../tZEvcu6tqjwrG9M9aH6mB2LM...
> <https://winthrop-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvcu6tqjwrG9M9aH6mB2LM7ze8f3gqfXHg?fbclid=IwAR3iyCXj9-jEspga66gkMS_0iOBD4aKekvaHQBhkYFpi42IjMvXPvaHM8ms>
>
> After registering, you will receive a confirmation 

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Congratulations! This is a welcome resource.

Elza C. Tiner

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 5:18 PM Carolyn Black <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Dear REED-L,
>
>
> Alan Somerset wishes to make the following announcement:
>
>
> *"*Alan Somerset is very pleased to announce the publication of his new
> website, Performers without Patrons. (https://playerswithoutpatrons.ca
> <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fplayerswithoutpatrons.ca%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0hiz2yJbSZshYqTJhtnrrkTTlRQM597NnK6ooDy8SrkUgrGO-he6yRpwg&h=AT1jtrDm5sppakjAsSCliz1onNUNj24-FPeV0zuwWrbWWzIp7rJq8GRPPA5dFGcIeOu7sCdmpAR0kjXmr4hU65i_76NpeDrNw_h32207qn_ItUacWTccD4rEVjO1xx02ovWNPgvvHQWi0dSvPNfX6NE1Usit>)
> This site extends the scope of the REED website, Patrons and Performances,
> by presenting an index to the over 3700 records of performers on tour
> before 1642, for whom no patron was recorded. These represent a little over
> 

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Hey, Tanya.  Congrats on version 3!!

One of these days, you are going to have to explain to me how MLoT
works. I confess, I find it a bit confusing... I think i understand the
concept and goal (In a way, it's a history of citations, a history of
ideas kind of project, right?), but what I see on the website is unusual
to me. We don't see the actual documents or quotations/citations. 

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Dear All,

My huge apologies both for my email faux pax and my ignorance of EMLoT. 
I meant to send that message personally to Tanya.

Despite my ignorance, Happy Congratulations for what is a much detailed
scholarly work!

And hoping everyone on REED-L is keeping safe and well.

All best, -- Kathy

On 2020-05-17 11:36 p.m., Kathy Chung wrote:
> Hey, Tanya.  Congrats on version 3!!
>
> One of these days, you are going to have to explain to me how MLoT
> works. I confess, I find it a bit confusing... I think i understand
> the concept 

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Dear Kathy
Thank you for your good wishes to everyone, which I hereby add to -- hence my replying to list rather than to you alone. We don’t burden the list often so this email comes with good wishes to everyone for health in these difficult times. On EMLoT: it does take getting used to especially if one does not regularly need to use it (I speak as someone involved in it from early on). 

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Dear Alexandra:

I am working with a few people to do a tribute to David at the next SAA meeting. One of the things I believe we might do is collect written tributes.

yours is so beautiful and so completely on target (how he was able to remain so open throughout such a long life to anyone young with energy and good ideas is a mystery) that I hope you would allow us to include it in such a collection if we do actually make one. 

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Thanks, Sandy for the eloquent tribute.

Certainly, Milla. I would be happy to have my tribute included if you do
make a collection of them. Did you see the one by Helen Ostovich?

On 2019-08-13 4:49 p.m., Riggio, Milla C. wrote:
> Dear Alexandra:
>
> I am working with a few people to do a tribute to David at the next
> SAA meeting. One of the things I believe we might do is collect
> written tributes.
>
> yours is so beautiful and so completely on target (how he was able to
> remain so open throughout such a long life to anyone 

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Dear Sandy:

No, I did not see it. Can you possibly forward?

M

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 13, 2019, at 5:39 PM, Alexandra Johnston <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:

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Gorgeous work Sandy. Heartfelt and real.

Cheers,
Suzanne

> On Aug 13, 2019, at 5:39 PM, Alexandra Johnston <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Certainly, Milla. I would be happy to have my tribute included if you do make a collection of them. Did you see the one by Helen Ostovich?
>
>> On 2019-08-13 4:49 p.m., Riggio, Milla C. wrote:
>> Dear Alexandra:
>>
>> I am working with a few people to do a tribute to David at the next SAA meeting. One of the things I believe we might do is collect written tributes.
>>
>> yours is so 

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A beautiful tribute-it is so sad to lose such a great scholar and teacher.

Elza C. Tiner

On Tuesday, August 13, 2019, Suzanne Westfall <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Gorgeous work Sandy. Heartfelt and real.
>
> Cheers,
> Suzanne
>
>
> On Aug 13, 2019, at 5:39 PM, Alexandra Johnston <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Certainly, Milla. I would be happy to have my tribute included if you do
> make a collection of them. Did you see the one by Helen Ostovich?
> On 2019-08-13 4:49 p.m., Riggio, Milla C. wrote:
>
> Dear Alexandra:
>
> I 

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Thank you, Sandy, for this lovely piece.
What continues to strike me as I read across the reminiscences of so many
of our colleagues and peers on social media is how, for so many of us,
David Bevington was a profound mentor and guide; generous, considerate,
encouraging. He was a person to learn from and aspire to be.
We are better for his kindness as well as for his wisdom. 

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Sad news indeed. I remember how profound an influence he had in the
early days of REED.

Thanks, Sandy!

On 2019-08-13 6:24 p.m., Diane Jakacki wrote:
> Thank you, Sandy, for this lovely piece.
> What continues to strike me as I read across the reminiscences of so
> many of our colleagues and peers on social media is how, for so many
> of us, David Bevington was a profound mentor and guide; generous,
> considerate, encouraging. He was a person to learn from and aspire to be.
> We are better for his kindness as well as for 

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Sandy, your words so accurately encapsulate David that I wonder what else any of us has to add other than our many personal stories of the impact he had on our lives and scholarship. Thank you. With your permission, I will share your tribute with MRDS and SEMA (the Southeastern Medieval Association), another group whose members have been saddened to learn of David's passing. 

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Thank you, Gloria:

I did not realize that Steve had died. I remember him so well from all those years in Kalamazoo. He was a true gentleman as well as an excellent scholar, a fine human being.

David Bevington was not only a friend to MRDS. What a few of you may remember, perhaps Sandy for instance, is that he and Martin Stevens together decided to resurrect a virtually moribund MRDS in the 1970s. 

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Thanks, Gloria --- just heard about Steve a couple of days ago. Such a
lovely guy. We'll be doing a brief tribute to David and Steve in the
December issue of Early Theatre. -- So, thanks, Sandy, for your warm
remarks. I keep finding out about how many people I know whom David helped
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This is very true.

We will be publishing a volume of tribute to David Bevington, hopefully between 1000 to 1500 words long. I have permission to publish Sandy’s tribute in that volume. I would appreciate hearing from anyone else who would like to contribute. Eric Rasmussen and I will oversee the compiling and Erik will arrange for Binding the book handsomely! 

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I am posting this tribute for Max Harris who was unable to post it.

"As well as being a first-class scholar, David was one of the kindest, humblest, and most generous of men. I count myself very blessed to have known him as a good friend. I remember once hearing him give a 75-minute talk to a mixed audience of scholars and students on what might be learned about Shakespeare's life from his plays. He spoke without notes, quoting fluently from twenty or more plays from memory, and with a liveliness of presentation that is rare among scholars. We were 

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Milla, would you like a statement from the Revels Plays General editors?
That is , Richard Dutton, Alison Findlay, and me?

Best
Helen

On Sat, Aug 31, 2019 at 3:40 AM Riggio, Milla C. <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>
>
> I am posting this tribute for Max Harris who was unable to post it.
>
>
> "As well as being a first-class scholar, David was one of the kindest,
> humblest, and most generous of men. I count myself very blessed to have
> known him as a good friend. I remember once hearing him give a 75-minute
> talk 

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Terribly sorry to hear of David's death, of which, having been off email for a number of days, I learned only this afternoon. He was always a good friend, and active supporter of the EDAM project at the Medieval Institute. His scholarship was so important for all of us working in early drama. I have so many vivid memories of David, of his willingness to be helpful to scholars, including myself, of his wisdom, and his friendship. 

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Absolutely!

Thank you.

M

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 1, 2019, at 6:36 PM, Dr H M Ostovich <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:

Milla, would you like a statement from the Revels Plays General editors? That is , Richard Dutton, Alison Findlay, and me?

Best
Helen

On Sat, Aug 31, 2019 at 3:40 AM Riggio, Milla C. <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:

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Hi Milla,

Are you looking for individual tributes, or only for tributes related to
various projects and organizations?

Anne Lancashire

> This is very true.
>
> We will be publishing a volume of tribute to David Bevington, hopefully
> between 1000 to 1500 words long. I have permission to publish Sandy’s
> tribute in that volume. I would appreciate hearing from anyone else who
> would like to contribute. Eric Rasmussen and I will oversee the compiling
> and Erik will arrange for Binding the book handsomely!
>
> This is just a preliminary heads-up.
>
> Milla Riggio
 

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Both!

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 2, 2019, at 5:31 PM, Anne Lancashire <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hi Milla,
>
> Are you looking for individual tributes, or only for tributes related to
> various projects and organizations?
>
> Anne Lancashire
>
>> This is very true.
>>
>> We will be publishing a volume of tribute to David Bevington, hopefully
>> between 1000 to 1500 words long. I have permission to publish Sandyâ?Ts
>> tribute in that volume. I would appreciate hearing from anyone else who
>> would like to contribute. Eric Rasmussen and I will 

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But especially individual actually

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 2, 2019, at 5:31 PM, Anne Lancashire <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hi Milla,
>
> Are you looking for individual tributes, or only for tributes related to
> various projects and organizations?
>
> Anne Lancashire
>
>> This is very true.
>>
>> We will be publishing a volume of tribute to David Bevington, hopefully
>> between 1000 to 1500 words long. I have permission to publish Sandyâ?Ts
>> tribute in that volume. I would appreciate hearing from anyone else who
>> would like to contribute. Eric Rasmussen 

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So sorry to hear about both of these deaths. Both were inspirational to me
as scholars and mentors to me in my own career path, especially after my
own advisor died. Thanks for passing on these tributes. I'd like to hear
about plans to honor them in other ways.
Amelia

*Amelia Carr, Ph.D.*
Chair, Art Department
https://sites.allegheny.edu/art/
Allegheny College
520 N. Main St.
Meadville PA 16335
814.332.3378
Office Hours: Doane Arts 214
Mon 10 am - 2:30 pm; other times by appointment 

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Sandy and Anne Lancashire:

Can you send me the email addresses at which I could reach the two of you?

I put you All into the distribution list for the Bevington tribute book under this chass.Toronto.ca address but my machine tells me that address does not work.

We need a distribution list and I would love to have an email that does work for you. The book is well underway and in the process of production and I have an email to send you regarding it. 

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Milla, [log in to unmask] is my email address NOT
chass.Toronto.ca and it does work. I didn't understand the email you
sent asking for verification. I have been receiving emails all day and
just had a member of the REED staff check it again

On 2020-01-20 3:09 p.m., Riggio, Milla C. wrote:
> Sandy and Anne Lancashire:
>
> Can you send me the email addresses at which  I could reach the two of
> you?
>
> I put you All into the distribution list for the Bevington tribute
> book under this chass.Toronto.ca address but my machine tells me that
> 

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Thanks, Sandy:

I think I left out a letter. Will forward email to you at right address,

My fault,
Apologies
Be well,
Milla

Sent from my iPhone

On Jan 20, 2020, at 3:15 PM, Alexandra Johnston <[log in to unmask]> wrote:



Milla, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> is my email address NOT chass.Toronto.ca and it does work. I didn't understand the email you sent asking for verification. I have been receiving emails all day and just had a member of the REED staff check it again 

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Hi Milla,

It is [log in to unmask]

Best, Anne

> Sandy and Anne Lancashire:
>
> Can you send me the email addresses at which I could reach the two of
> you?
>
> I put you All into the distribution list for the Bevington tribute book
> under this chass.Toronto.ca address but my machine tells me that address
> does not work.
>
> We need a distribution list and I would love to have an email that does
> work for you. The book is well underway and in the process of production
> and I have an email 

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Yes, I have it now. Too many things to do! I left the u out of utoronto!

Dopey me.

All set.

M

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 20, 2020, at 5:14 PM, Anne Lancashire <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hi Milla,
>
> It is [log in to unmask]
>
> Best, Anne
>
>> Sandy and Anne Lancashire:
>>
>> Can you send me the email addresses at which I could reach the two of
>> you?
>>
>> I put you All into the distribution list for the Bevington tribute book
>> under this chass.Toronto.ca address but my machine tells 

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I'm trying to remember. I have seen all the videos but a long time ago. My impression was that he appeared from under the bed, and I suspect he was smuggled in there under the cloak of someone - possibly even David Parry's Death? Does Sandy not remember?

Yours,
Meg

Professor Emeritus of English Medieval Studies, 

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My memory is that he came into the Castle at the intermission and emerged from under the bed when Humanum Genus died but I was playing Peace so I wasn't watching at the time. Certainly I watched some of the earlier parts on the 2nd half sitting with the soul in the Castle during rehearsals -- and it is the best place to see the play -- so the Castle was a familiar place for him.Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message --------From: "Betcher, Gloria J [ENGL]" <[log in to unmask]> Date: 2019-03-09 7:03 AM (GMT-05:00) To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Query re: 

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Thanks so much, Gloria, Meg, and Sandy! Very helpful. Wish I could get copies of the two videos, though I don’t know how many more times I’ll get to teach medieval drama. Would like for JMU’s library to have them, though.

Best,
Alan

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 9, 2019, at 9:02 AM, ajohnsto <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> My memory is that he came into the Castle at the intermission and emerged from under the bed when Humanum Genus died but I was playing Peace so I wasn't watching at the time. Certainly I watched some of the 

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Hi Helen,
I will try to get there--but I have just had a repeat problem with my leg
(yet another tendon tear; the doctor and I are both baffled and
frustrated) and so I am house-bound until I get the go-ahead from the
doctor to move around again. So we'll see how long it takes. Ugh!
Best, Anne 

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Ooops!--sorry, everyone! I had meant to reply only to Helen. Anne.

> Those of you interested in 1605 may want to see our updated Toronto
> production set in 2019 at the Luella Massey Studio Theatre with a special
> performance for RSA members on 19 March, and a run from 21 - 24 March. If
> you are in the area, please come. Tickets are available on Brown Paper.
> https://us3.campaign-archive.com/?e=&u=1a7d83f386b4ab25296343f90&id=bfc1ed2ce5
>
> The symposium attached to the production is on 22-23 March == please
> pre-register to attend.
> https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4100373
>
>
> Dr H M Ostovich <[log in to unmask]>
 

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Congratulations and hurrah to all, and especially to Janine Harper, who has now completed the Staffordshire collection!!

Cheers, and many thanks,
Alan

-----Original Message-----
From: REED-L: Records of Early English Drama Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carolyn Black
Sent: October 6, 2017 2:52 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Staffordshire Performance Venues Online

Dear REED-ers,

REED is pleased to announce the publication of Staffordshire Performance Venues on its open access website, Patrons and Performances (https://reed.library.utoronto.ca). Janine Harper, senior graduate student at the University of Toronto and REED research assistant, is the researcher and author of the Staffordshire Venues, which are directly linked 

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This is the best news! Thank you!

Elza C. Tiner

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 3, 2017, at 7:21 PM, Carolyn Black <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> The Records of Early English Drama (REED) project is delighted to
> announce the launch of REED Online (ereed.library.utoronto.ca), its
> new open-access website.
>
> Please see our press release below for full information.
>
> Best wishes,
> Carolyn Black, REED Project Manager
>
>
>
>
> ***
>
> ANNOUNCING THE LAUNCH OF REED ONLINE
>
> The Records of Early English Drama (REED) 

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Dear Gerard,
Thanks for the note. I'm not sure whether recent publications include
articles or are restricted to book publications. If the former, please
include this:
Gerhardt, Ernst. “Food Production in the Croxton Play of the Sacrament.”
Comparative Drama 49.3 (2015): 313–33. Print.
All the best,
Ernst

Dr. Ernst Gerhardt
Associate Professor
Department of English
Laurentian University
Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6
(705) 675-1151 ext. 3220
(705) 675-4870 (fax)
[log in to unmask] 

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I guess that bear has not much to do with Shakespeare’s “Exit left, pursued by a bear,” huh? As a relatively new arrival on this list, I am finding it both rich and fascinating. Thanks, Tanya — John.

On Sep 14, 2015, at 12:22 PM, Tanya Hagen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Dear colleagues and friends, Records of Early English Drama is happy to announce the completion of the most recent phase of the 'How to Track a Bear in Southwark' website: https://trackabear.library.utoronto.ca/. A public exhibit of bibliographic records from REED's Early Modern London Theatres (EMLoT) database, this online resource showcases the history 

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Hi Tanya,

It is good to know that you are back at REED again. This website looks
very interesting. Congratulations.

Miriam

On 2015-09-14 12:22 PM, Tanya Hagen wrote:
> Dear colleagues and friends, Records of Early English Drama is happy
> to announce the completion of the most recent phase of the 'How to
> Track a Bear in Southwark' website:
> https://trackabear.library.utoronto.ca/. A public exhibit of
> bibliographic records from REED's Early Modern London Theatres (EMLoT)
> database, this online resource showcases the history and
> historiography of the Bear Gardens of early modern London as they
> appear 

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Thank you, Peter. Rich records — very helpful — John.

On Sep 9, 2015, at 12:44 PM, Peter H Greenfield <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

I invite members of REED-L to peruse the Records of Early English Drama Pre-publication Collections website at http://www.reedprepub.org. Recent additions to the site have made the Hampshire collection (edited by Jane Cowling and myself) nearly complete. The site now includes:
The addition of civic records of Winchester from 1337 to 1554 means the site now contains complete runs of records from Southampton, Winchester, and Winchester College.
Newly added records of Newport on the Isle of Wight and of 

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Great work, Peter. It took until the middle of August before I was happy
sitting at a computer. The gash on my shin took a long time to heal --
as I am told gashes on shins do -- and I havn't gone beyond the
preliminaries with Eton. Its all there except the translations and that
will take a while. I'm back to London on Saturday for the launch on
Monday and then a few days in Ireland. I am REALLY home Sunday the 20th 

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Thanks Peter! You, as usual, are a superstar!

Cheers,
Suzanne

"If you're the smartest one in the room you're in the wrong room.” --Richard Tirendi

On Sep 9, 2015, at 12:44 PM, Peter H Greenfield <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I invite members of REED-L to peruse the Records of Early English Drama Pre-publication Collections website at http://www.reedprepub.org. Recent additions to the site have made the Hampshire collection (edited by Jane Cowling and myself) nearly complete. The site now includes:
> The addition of civic records of Winchester from 1337 to 1554 means the site now contains complete runs of records from 

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The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

Which Scottish records do you have in preparation, Sarah?

On Sep 11, 2015, at 9:48 AM, CARPENTER Sarah <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

This looks wonderful, Peter - and very easy to use. Thank you so very much - it's becoming such an inviting site. The Oglander material for the Isle of Wight is especially fascinating. 

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The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

Sounds like an entire career’s work laid out ahead of you, Sarah.

On Sep 13, 2015, at 10:03 AM, CARPENTER Sarah <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

I've gathered the records from quite extensive sections of the Scottish Treasurer's Accounts from 1483 up 1585 - though not by any means the whole run as yet (which extends up to the 1630s). As soon as I can get them edited I'll pass them to Peter to mount on the website. 

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Testing, testing….

On Aug 17, 2015, at 4:04 PM, John McLaughlin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

How are you? I’m working on a paper for Kalamazoo next May, on VA Kolve etc. (Interestingly, he refers to Brecht on only one page in his entire book — yet we keep talking about Brecht/Kolve stagecraft onstage in medieval theatre. H’m) Is anyone here interested in getting together a panel about Kolve for next year’s Kalamazoo?

Dear Mr. McLaughlin

I hope you are succeeding in your project. Is it accepted? or would this be a late entry (usually of only individual papers). I think an okay project, since Kolve is still being cited and respected, though so much has happened in recent years. I am busy with a book, I am sure my last, which is quite far from Kolve at the moment, andI have not been in touch with anyone who might help you on this topic recently. 

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Dear Peter
What a wonderful tribute and memorial. Thank you so much. I have forwarded this to the English department and to the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Culture and to Medieval English Theatre. All will be glad to receive it. You have really done Jane proud in every way.
Kindest wishes and thanks
John

Oh dear. I am sorry. She was great.

There's too much of it about.

Love, Meg

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

Peter, I was so very sorry to hear about Jane

Peter, I was so very sorry to hear about Jane's death. I'll never forget the time we spent with her at one Leeds conference--she was so very vibrant, so knowledgeable and such a wonderful colleague. Thank you for your tribute to her.

Roz Hays

Thank you for letting us know, Peter. I met Jane only twice, but I remember her as a great and generous spirit.

Gloria

Gloria J. Betcher, Ph.D.
Adjunct Associate Professor of English
Department of English
Iowa State University
419 Ross Hall
Ames, IA 50011

Office phone: (515) 294-3026

I came to Jane's work through the Winchester records on the REED
pre-publication site. They are an impressive and generous legacy to the
rest of us. I'm so glad that she had the chance to see them published
and to contribute to the launch of the site.

Sarah

On 05/01/2015 17:15, Peter Greenfield wrote:
> Members of the REED community--
> It is with a heavy heart that I have to report that Jane Cowling, co-editor of the Hampshire collection for REED, died recently in Brecon, Wales, after a brief illness. After a career in the Navy and raising two 

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Dear Peter and everyone

This is very sad news indeed. I hadn't seen Jane for quite a long time but I remember meeting her on a number of occasions when she was embarking on her REED work. She was a great character - Peter, your account of her 'naval officer/lady of the manor' approach to reluctant archivists brings her to mind wonderfully! Thank you for your tribute to her. She has left us her valuable work, but it's another sad personal loss for the REED community. 

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No evidence. Doesn't mean it didn't happen, but no evidence.

I have heard the theory about 'King, Lord' mooted before, but again, no evidence.

Spate a few moments to tell Ancestry that they are spreading misinformation. They have such a huge clientele that truth must be served!

Meg Twycross

Professor Emeritus of English Medieval Studies,
Department of English and Creative Writing,
Lancaster University,
LANCASTER LA1 4YD

Thanks for the note Sandy. One of our founding fathers, as it were. We so need some young recruits to keep REED going, it seems.

Best,
SRW

> On Jun 12, 2014, at 10:06 AM, Carolyn Black <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From Alexandra Johnston:
>
> We learned today that Larry Clopper, one of REED's first editors, has died in Bloomington, Indiana.
>
> I first met Larry at the Medieval Drama Seminar at the Modern Language Association in Chicago in 1973 when Margaret Dorrell Rogerson and myself who were editing the York records, Larry who was editing the Chester 

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Thanks, Sandy. He was also one of the early board members of Early
Theatre, and will be sadly missed for his common sense and direct
truth-telling. He was a pleasure to work with.

Best,
Helen
(for Melinda, Erin, Sarah, and all the board members)

Dr H M Ostovich <[log in to unmask]>
Editor, *Early Theatre* <http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/earlytheatre/>
Professor Emeritus, English and Cultural Studies
McMaster University
Hamilton ON L8S 4L9
Canada 

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Very sad news. I had the pleasure to get to know Larry while I was a grad student at Ball State. I was doing some work on the portrayals of Eve in medieval drama, and he was of invaluable help to me. RIP, Larry.

Tad

-----Original Message-----
From: Carolyn Black <[log in to unmask]>
To: REED-L <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thu, Jun 12, 2014 7:06 am
Subject: sad news about Larry Clopper 

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Thank you one and all for posting the sad news about Larry Clopper.
He was a wonderful mentor to me when I was a grad student at Bloomington -- honest, critical, opinionated, independent-minded, devastatingly funny, generous with his time, and knowledgeable beyond belief. He seemed to have read absolutely everything, so when he pointed you to an article or a book, you knew that HE knew what he was talking about and why you should read it too.
Plus he knew how to throw a great party.
He'll be well and truly missed.
Steve

Thanks, Sandy, for this, sad news indeed. He will be missed by all of us.

Cliff

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carolyn Black" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 10:06:02 AM
> Subject: sad news about Larry Clopper
>
> From Alexandra Johnston:
>
> We learned today that Larry Clopper, one of REED's first editors, has
> died in Bloomington, Indiana.
>
> I first met Larry at the Medieval Drama Seminar at the Modern
> Language
> Association in Chicago in 1973 when Margaret Dorrell Rogerson and
> myself who were editing the 

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Congratulations! Wouldn't a systematic search of REED collections (up to 1642) be a starting point for references to music, at least mentioned, together with the online REED patrons database (see the performances lists), that would then provide the sources for further investigation into documents, accounts, and household records? I see you are looking for plays that have references to music, and vice versa, and another path might be to research the biographies of musicians known to have lived during your period, to see what surviving letters, papers and records exist that might connect their music to plays. 

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Hi Bill,
Let's stay in touch on this. I'm assembling a database of all info on civic music from the earliest records to 1642 with the intention of writing a history of civic music in the UK to that date. I have a group of graduate students beavering away on the database from both published and unpublished REED sources. I'm also getting close to finishing the REED collection for Yorkshire North Riding – the 7 editors working on the Northeast got a substantial AHRC grant last year, and we're having our first editorial meeting in Durham mid-July.
Best,
David 

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I know that there are lots of references in REED to trumpeters. We don't
yet know enough about the royal group, or what they did when on their
travels, let alone what they did at the playhouses, apart from announce the
imminent start of each performance. This question came up in a session at
the V&A in London last weekend. I'll try to locate the speaker, and pass
your email on to her. 

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Hello William (and everyone else),

what a fascinating project. Would you want to include music in the Lord
Mayor's Show (and other civic entertainments) in your survey? Some of the
printed books contain musical notation for songs (which appear to have been
composed for the occasion) and there are copious references to musicians
and various instruments in the livery company records of these events.
Happy to provide more detail if you're interested. 

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Sounds great. Will there we a video of the Rhetoricians' plays?

Meg Twycross

Professor Emeritus of English Medieval Studies,

Department of English and Creative Writing,

Lancaster University,

LANCASTER LA1 4YD

David, thanks for this! I have been a huge fan of the Chatsworth Marcade MS for almost 40 years. Great to know that it will now be more accessible at the BL!
Steve

Now we just need to conscript someone to collate the Chatsworth MS with Arras 697 and give us a reliable modern edition!
steve

I think that's a project I'd be interested in undertaking. I've spent a lot
of time with Arras 697, (not as much as you, Steve), but enough to want to
explore it even further.

Jesse

On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Wright, Stephen K <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Now we just need to conscript someone to collate the Chatsworth MS with
> Arras 697 and give us a reliable modern edition!
> steve
> ________________________________________
> From: REED-L: Records of Early English Drama Discussion [
> [log in to unmask]] on behalf of David Klausner [
> [log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, March 

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Jesse, do it, man! Those two 1950s dissertations from KU are showing their age.

Jesse, do it man! Those two PhD dissertations from the 1950s at KU are getting waaaaaaaay too out of date. You'd be perfect to collate / edit these MSS of what i (a majority of one) consider to be a very significant text. I'll be in France in April & in Germany in the fall. Let me know if I can be of any help -- but DO IT!
steve

Thank you for this information. I hadn't known. He truly was the greatest mentor and the greatest friend that a then young editor could hope to have. And he was the most generous of scholars. I could write a book of John and Barbara memories. So could we all. Thanks for everything, John. 

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Well said, Jim. Both John and Barbara were generous with their time and their research. I think of them often as I use the volumes they edited and read the other work they published. We were lucky to have known them, though, as with so many good things and good people, in their case "summer's lease hath all too short a date." 

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Echoing Jim and Gloria! They were both so generous to me when I was
still starting out with palaeography at REED, adding it to my Latin
duties. And I have many happy memories of work on John's Devon
collection, despite the endless repetition of the Exeter entries!

Abigail

On 04/02/2014 10:22 PM, Betcher, Gloria J [ENGL] wrote:
> Well said, Jim. Both John and Barbara were generous with their time and their research. I think of them often as I use the volumes they edited and read the other work they published. We were lucky to have known them, though, 

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I didn't know John well, though (as I have said elsewhere) I frequently
recall him suggesting at the Leeds conference that REED should be REEE --
Records of Early English Everything.

And I will always treasure dinners (and lots of scotch) with Barbara at the
'zoo. She was ever cracking wise (in both senses). She taught me how to
run a seminar at my very first SAA when I was a lowly graduate student;
unlike many, she was always supportive, never condescending -- though she
could deliver a tongue-blistering rant on those of whom she though little! 

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Terribly sad to learn of John's passing. He and his partner in crime, the late Barbara Palmer, were the kind of scholarly inspirations and personal role models that a newbie medievalist like me was so grateful for back in the day.

I hope a word or two will be said about John at this year's REED meeting in Kalamazoo. 

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Let me add my voice to those who have spoken of their sadness to hear of John's passing away. I learned from Barbara about how difficult his last years were even then, so our own sadness must also be about what for him were those lost years. He and Barbara were a formidable pair, and their important work on the West Riding will now be taken up by others -- work which already, in Barbara's articles on the Towneley plays, has shaken medieval drama studies. 

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Gerard,

Thanks for great work on the newsletter. I'm glad you made the adjustments
you did. At one point it seemed to make sense to break it into different
sections, but I like it better reassembled as you've done. Thanks also for
the courtesy of reformatting it in a large print edition. Many will
certainly appreciate it. 

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A recent article:
Richard F. Hardin. “New Light on Jonson and Roman Comedy: Volpone and Eunuchus, Magnetic Lady and
Truculentus,” Ben Jonson Journal 20 (2013): 179-200.

Delighted to see from this morning's Times that, as a result of all the opposition, the folios have been withdrawn from sale.

Best to all,

Jane

> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 16:01:54 -0400
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Petition
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> The following message is from Alexandra Johnston:
>
> Please find below the link to the petition being circulated by the
> Bibliographical Society concerning the proposed sale of the University
> of London's copy of the first four Shakespeare folios. I also attach a
> letter from Professor Henry Woudhuysen of Lincoln College Oxford 

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The Times article is behind a paywall (for subscribers only), but the
Guardian has the same story openly available.

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/05/university-of-london-shakespe
are-folios

Thomas Larque.

From: REED-L: Records of Early English Drama Discussion
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jane Cowling
Sent: 06 September 2013 10:19
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Petition

Delighted to see from this morning's Times that, as a result of all the
opposition, the folios have been withdrawn from sale. 

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Maybe I should have said that I get my Times from my newsagent in the UK. Don't know what a paywall is!
Jane

Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 11:10:59 +0100
From: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Petition
To: [log in to unmask]

The Times article is behind a paywall (for subscribers only), but the Guardian has the same story openly available. http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/05/university-of-london-shakespeare-folios Thomas Larque. From: REED-L: Records of Early English Drama Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jane Cowling
Sent: 06 September 2013 10:19
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Petition Delighted to see from this morning's Times that, as a result of all the opposition, the folios 

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No problem, and I hope it didn't sound like a criticism. Guardian articles
are available to everybody online, so I thought the link might be useful.
The Times is trying a different model by charging for online access.

Thomas Larque.

From: REED-L: Records of Early English Drama Discussion
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jane Cowling
Sent: 06 September 2013 11:16
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Petition 

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Thanks Jane, and Thomas, for spreading the good news: it's a great relief that the sale is off (even
though it's worrying that it was even considered!)

Best wishes to all,
Diana

Quoting Thomas Larque <[log in to unmask]>:

No problem, and I hope it didn't sound like a criticism. Guardian articles
are available to everybody online, so I thought the link might be useful.
The Times is trying a different model by charging for online access. 

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Gerard,

I know i am late in picking up your email. My regular email is [log in to unmask], which I check daily.

I am pleased to report that my (long delayed) book _Corpus Christi Plays at York: A Context for Religious Drama_ (New York: AMS press, 2013) has been published, with a final chapter on Bullying in the plays in collaboration with Sheila White. I hope not too late to publicize this spring in the newsletter. 

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Dear Matt,

He could try the clips on my personal website: www.meg-twycross.co.uk/videos/videos.html<http://www.meg-twycross.co.uk/videos/videos.html>

Meg

Professor Emeritus of English Medieval Studies,

Department of English and Creative Writing,

Lancaster University,

LANCASTER LA1 4YD

The RSC website also has some clips of their sort-of cycle from years ago.
Also, University of York in the UK has some wonderful text/film
conjunctions that are very useful for students.

Helen

Hello Jesse Hurlbut,

Thanks for this notification. Is one allowed to nominate oneself? An
essay of mine has just come out, probably no one has read it yet, but it
fits under the rubric of the Palmer award.

William Ingram
University of Michigan

On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 10:05 PM, Jesse Hurlbut <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Nominations for the MRDS Awards being accepted until February 1. There
> are four categories:
>
> 1) The David Bevington Award for Best New Book in Early Drama Studies
>
> 2) The Martin Stevens Award for Best New Essay in Early Drama Studies
 

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Hello,

I work on archives and records of the Scottish 16C. I've not directly
come across this phrase, but the Dictionary of the Older Scottish tongue
does record similar things. eg:

'Thai byd display thar baneris owt of faldis'

'To four men ... to fald and lay up the arres werk' (1505 Treas. Acc.
III. 162) 

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Gerard-- My recent publications on Plautus in the Renaissance. Richard F Hardin (Prof emeritus, U of Kansas)

"Middleton, Plautus and the Ethics of Comedy," The Oxford Handbook of Thomas Middleton, eds. Gary Taylor and Trish Henley (Oxford: Oxford UP, 2012), 296-311.

"The Reception of Plautus in Northern Europe: The Earlier Sixteenth Century," Viator 43.2 (2012): 333-56. 

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Gerard,

I think it is safe to report that my book _Corpus Christi Plays at York: A Context for Religious Drama_, after a long delay, is in the final stages of production by MS Press; barring further delay, it will be out early next year. I think it would be good to mention the book since it was announced as long ago as last spring, and now at last should be available. It is my final publication, I think, on the York plays (after forty years of thinking about them and publishing). I am assuming that you caught the TEAMS 

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Dear Gerard (and all),

I am happy to report that my book has just come out! I include below a flyer with discount code as well as the relevant bibliographic citation and summary. Many thanks for your work on the MRDS newsletter.

Best,
Erika

Erika T. Lin, Shakespeare and the Materiality of Performance (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) 

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Gerard,

Thanks for all your work! The newsletter looks great. I like the new
rubric on Collaboration. It would be nice to see that expand.

Meanwhile, can I ask you to correct a couple of things. On the
Nominations for Awards page, can you change the submissions mailing
address to:

734 E. 30 North
Orem, UT 84097 

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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. 

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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

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]>
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> 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. 

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I think this is the safest formulation, Steve, except I might say "formerly
attributed to the so-called York Realist", as it is not only the
identification of a single hand that has come under scrutiny, but also what
could be understood as "realism".
Best wishes,
Pam

--On 30 October 2012 21:47 +0000 "Wright, Stephen K" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thank you, Pam. Very good advice that I will pass along.
Steve

'Single hand' is a bit miusleading because it suggests that the MS is written in more than one hand ... which of course it is, but not that way.
Meg

Professor Emeritus of English Medieval Studies,
Department of English and Creative Writing,
Lancaster University,
LANCASTER LA1 4YD

I will watch with interest to see if this sparks a discussion about the excavation of the Elizabethan “Globe” some years ago. In a rush to judgment the current Elizabethan archaeologists assumed the Globe was beneath their feet but thier site was south of the then named Maiden Lane while documentary evidence indicates the Globe was on the north side. 

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Ben --

I'm not sure what documentary evidence you're talking about. It used to
be widely believed that the Globe was on the north side of Maiden Lane
(now Park Street) because of a series of early modern leases that seemed
to put it there. But in "The Site of the Globe Playhouse, Southwark"
(1924), W. W. Braines showed that all these leases were copying a
property description that had appeared in one early document, and that
this document had mistakenly reversed the north-south orientation in its
description. Braines made a very strong case for locating the Globe on
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Dear David,

In independent research I found that the two areas of land which were purchased for the Globe were identifiable on the north side of maiden lane. I later discovered George Hubbard’s “On the Site of the Globe Playhouse of Shakespeare” which added to my findings. I also checked out this business of mistaking the north-south, east-west orientation and the Baines argument is disingenuous and what one would expect from a civil servant who was not prepared to admit he had made a mistake. Actually, I’m not hung up on where the Globe is or whether another theatre was 

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