Cultural History of Theatre in the Middle Ages

Jody Enders is Distinguished Professor of French and Theatre at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

Not since the Cambridge History of American Theatre (1998–2000) has a multiauthored theatre history been as anticipated as Bloomsbury’s A Cultural History of Theatre… Having read all six volumes (1,636 pages), I can testify to the magnitude of their accomplishment. A Cultural History of Theatre is a profound reconsideration of how we understand theatre, its myriad social contexts, and the cultural work it accomplishes… the product of intellectual labor and creativity, and its accomplishments are many. A landmark work in theatre and social history, it illuminates theatre through the lens of culture, and culture through the lens of theatre.

• List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsSeries PrefaceEditor’s Acknowledgements Introduction: Medieval Theatre Makes HistoryJody Enders, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA1. Institutional FrameworksSeeta Chaganti, University of California, Davis, USA, Noah Guynn, University of California, Davis, USA and Erith Jaffe-Berg, University of California at Riverside, USA 2. Social FunctionsKathleen Ashley, University of Southern Maine, Portland, USA 3. Sexuality and GenderSharon Aronson-Lehavi, Tel-Aviv University, Israel4. The Environment of TheatreLaura Weigert, Rutgers University, USA 5. Circulation: A Peripatetic TheatreClaire Sponsler, University of Iowa, USA6. InterpretationsGlending Olson, Cleveland State University, USA7. Communities of Production Bruce R. Burningham, Illinois State University, USA8. Repertoire and GenresDonnalee Dox, Texas A&M University, USA 9. Technologies of Performance Katie Normington, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK 10. Knowledge Transmission: Media and MemoryCarol Symes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USANotesBibliographyIndex