Category Archives: Early Theatre

Early Theatre is a peer-reviewed journal that welcomes research in medieval or early modern drama and theatre history, rooted in the records and documents of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. We likewise encourage articles or notes on related materials either … Continue reading →

Mrs Noah and Didactic Abuses by Jane Tolmie Abstract This essay returns to the issue of female recalcitrance in the Noah plays from York, Chester and (in particular) Towneley, with an eye to postmodernism’s emphases on (1) the importance of … Continue reading →

‘Arden Winketh at His Wife’s Lewdness, & Why!’: A Patrilineal Crisis in Arden of Faversham by Randall Martin Abstract This paper explores a cluster of critical and performance problems in Arden of Faversham: Arden’s apparent unwillingness to end his wife … Continue reading →

Early Theatre 3 (2000): The York Cycle Then and Now Articles Introduction by Alexandra Johnston Map of York The City of York and Its ‘Play of Pageants’ by Peter Meredith Places to Hear the Play in York by Eileen White … Continue reading →

Early Theatre 2 (1999) Articles The Meaning of Thunder and Lightning: Stage Directions and Audience Response by Leslie Thomson Play Houses: Drama at Bolsover and Welbeck by Lisa Hopkins Saints on Stage: An Analytical Survey of Dramatic Records in the … Continue reading →

Early Theatre 1 (1998) Articles The Kirk, the Burgh, and Fun by John J. McGavin Romeo and the Apothecary by Dominick Grace Henry Hardware’s Moment and the Face of Puritan Reform by Robert Tittler Devising the Revels by W. R. … Continue reading →