Abstract
This essay reconsiders what made late-medieval British drama distinct from that of other periods and what it shared with those dramas. It argues for a form of afterlife for the medieval and early Tudor stage in the dramaturgy of postmodern performance. Responding to Hans-Thies Lehmann’s claims for a ‘post’-dramatic theatre, it suggests that we should also think about a ‘pre’-dramatic theatre, or rather a ‘pre-theatrical drama,’ existing, not in the tragic theatre of ancient Greece, but in late medieval England and Scotland, and that the ‘postdramatic’ and the ‘pre-theatrical’ have much in common in their radical approaches to stagecraft.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 131-149 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | SPELL: Swiss Papers in English Language and Literature |
Volume | 43 |
Publication status | Published - 21 Jan 2024 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- postdramatic theatre
- playhouses
- pre-theatrical drama
- interludes
- morality drama