Medieval English Theatre Meeting 26 March 2011:
University of Edinburgh


Texts in Plays


Programme


9.00

Registration and coffee

9.30

Elsa Strietman (Cambridge): ‘From Hell, with love: the legitimisation of evil in some Rhetoricians plays’

10.00

Charlotte Steenbrugge: ‘Everyman/Elkerlijk and the Account Book’

10.30

Pamela M.King (Bristol): ‘ Documents in Mankind

11.00

COFFEE

11.30

James McBain (Oxford): ‘The Vice’s missing book in Heywood’s Play of Love

12.00

Meg Twycross (Lancaster): ‘Wit and Science: Idleness plays the schoolteacher’

12.30

Sarah Carpenter (Edinburgh): ‘Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis: Verity and the Bible’

13.00

LUNCH

13.40

Elisabeth Dutton will conduct a play reading

15.00

Richard Beadle (Cambridge): ‘The Doctors and their books in the York Spurriers’ and Lorimers’ pageant’

15.30


Video of the Chester Purification. Intervening in texts: a general discussion of the ‘Virgin’ v ‘Good Woman’ scene — and any broader issues arising from the day.

16.00

TEA

16.30

Annual Medieval English Theatre Business Meeting, including announcements, reports, projects, plans, and the topic and location of the next conference.

By 17.00

Close of Conference.

This is the planned programme, but it is subject to any necessary adjustments.
As usual, papers will last about 20-25 minutes.


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