Middelalderligt teater

Indgravering fra 1800-tallet af en optræden af Chester mysteriespil.

Middelalderligt teater omhandler teateroptræden i perioden mellem det Vestromerske riges fald i 400-tallet og til begyndelsen af renæssancen omkring 1500-tallet. Teater i middelalderen dækker alle typer drama, der blev produceret i Europa i disse omkring 1000 år, og inkluderer en række genrer inklusive liturgirisk drama, mysteriespil, moralspil, farcer og maskespil.

Fra Hrotsvitha af Gandersheim kloster i 1900-tallet var størstedelen af de middelalderlige teaterstykker meget religiøse og havde moralske temaer i både opsætning og traditioner. De mest berømte eksempler på middelalderlige skuespil er York mysteriespil, Chester mysteriespil, Wakefield mysteriespil og N-Townspillene, samt moralspillet Everyman. Et af de tidligste bevarede sekulær skuespil på engelsk er The Interlude of the Student and the Girl (fra omkring år 1300).[1] På dansk er der bevaret to middelalderlige farcer; Den Utro Hustru og 'Paris' Dom.[2]

Referencer

  1. ^ Bevington (1962, 9; 11), Brockett and Hildy (2003, 95), Dillon (2006, 213), Meredith (1998, 699), Richardson & Johnston (1991, 54–55), and Wickham (1976, 195; 1981, 189–190).
  2. ^ Danmarks digtekunst bind 1: Fra oldpoesien indtil klassicismens gennembrud. Hentet 10/1-2020

Litteratur

  • Bate, Keith, ed. 1976. Three Latin Comedies. Toronto: Centre for Medieval Studies.
  • Brockett, Oscar G. and Franklin J. Hildy. 2003. History of the Theatre. Ninth edition, International edition. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. ISBN 0-205-41050-2.
  • Cohen, Robert. 2000. Theatre: Brief Edition. Mayfield: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0077333515.
  • Hannant, Sara. 2011. Mummers, Maypoles and Milkmaids: A Journey Through the English Ritual Year. London: Merrell. ISBN 978-1-8589-4559-0.
  • Klaus,Carl H., Miriam Gilbert, and Braford S. Field, Jr. 1991. "Stages of Drama." New York: St. Martin's.
  • Knight, Alan E. 1983. "Aspects of Genre in Late Medieval French Drama." Manchester University Press.
  • McAlister, Linda. 1996. "Hypatia's Daughters: 1500 Years of Women Philosophers." Hypatia Inc.
  • Nelson, Alan H. 1972. "Some Configurations of Staging in Medieval English Drama" Medieval English Drama: Essays Critical and Contextual Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 116-147.
  • Styan, J.L. 1996. The English Stage: A History of Drama and Performance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-55636-8.
  • Symes, Carol. 2007. A Common Stage: Theatre and Public Life in Medieval Arras. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0801445811.
  • Walsh, Martin. 2002. "Drama." Medieval Folklore: A Guide to Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1576071212.
  • Wise, Jennifer and Craig S. Walker, eds. 2003. The Broadview Anthology of Drama: Plays from the Western Theatre, Volume 1. Toronto: Braodview Press.

Eksterne henvisninger

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This elaborate image, Representation of a Pageant Vehicle at the time of Performance, was commissioned as the frontispiece to A Dissertation on the Pageants or Dramatic Mysteries Anciently Performed at Coventry by the Trading Companies of that City, (1825) by Thomas Sharp, (1770-1841). The image was designed and executed in copper engraving by David Gee (1793-1872). It recreates a 15th-century Passion play (The Trial and Crucifixion of Christ) by the Smiths' Company of Coventry. Many of the details are based on written accounts, including pageant wagon design itself and the people in the street. The scene on stage depicts Christ, with hands bound, before an enthroned Pilate. Annas and Caiaphas are shown in mitred hats, and a boy carries a bowl of water for Pilate to wash his hands. Although somewhat speculative, the image has been influential and is often reproduced.