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March 1993
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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1993 16:30:00 CST
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From: RCLARK@KSUVM.BITNET
Subject: ISLAMIC COSTUMES
Does anyone know of any references in stage directions or other
commentson Islamic costuming in medieval drama? Of course, there are
numerous references in medieval drama particularly centering on the
events of Holy Week that contain anti-Islamic materials, but how about
costuming? I would appreciate any references. Thanks.
Daniel Pigg IVAD@UTMARTN.BITNET
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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1993 20:47:00 EST
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From: WRIGHTS@CUA.BITNET
Subject: Belgian Folk and religious festivals
The Sunday Washington Post ran an interesting article on local
processions and pageantry in Belgium, some of which at least claim
unbroken continuity back to the Middle Ages. I can't reproduce the'
entire article for you, but here is a quick summary of some of
the processions:
1. Festival of St. George (25 April) in Grez-Doiceau. A procession
honoring the patron saint of soldiers, with crossbowmen, cart haulers,
cavalrymen, and halbrediers in medieval costume.
2. Historic cortege (26 June) in Ardenne: celebration of founding
of Ardenne in 693 by St Begge and the history of the ensuing 1300 years
in plays, marches, and other festivities.
3. Procession of Our Lady of Hanswijk (16 May) in Mechelen:
reenactment of the rescue of the town from plague, its history through
modern times, and veneration of the ancient statue of the Virgin of
Hanswijk.
4. Procession of the Holy Blood (20 May) in Bruges: annual procession
of a vial believed to contain the blood of Christ. Bible stories acted
out by marchers, choirs, bands, floats, horseback riders.
5. St Rolende's march (31 May) in Gerpinnes: 2200 marchers in
Napoleonic costume accompany the relics of St Rolende over a 20-mile
route.
6. Ommegang procession (29 June and 1 July) in Brussels: largest
and most famous of the Belgian processions recreates the spectacle put
on in 1549 for the Emperor Charles V, his son Philip II of Spain, and
his sisters, Mary of Hungary and Eleanore of Austria.
7. Procession of the Penitents (25 July) in Veurne. Actors perform
scenes from OT and NT. The Christ figure carries an 88-pound cross
and leads 250 cross-bearing penitents through town.
8. Parade of Giants (26 August) in Dendermonde: parade of 250
costume figures dancing around representations of giants from
prehistoric and Roman mythology and the OT.
9. Pilgrimage of St Hubert (3 Nov) in St Hubert: High mass followed
by the blessing of animals, particularly dogs.
Assuming that these are not modern tourist-luring creations (like
the spectacle in Oberammergau or the newfangled Passion Play of the
Ozarks near my hometown), what--if anything--can these performances
tell us about medieval practices? Have any of these celebrations
been the subject of anthropological or historical examinations?
If even they are relatively recent phenomena or recreations, can
they still shed some light on how and why communities organize
to produce public religious celebrations of this kind? Since we
spend so much time and effort attempting to imagine medieval
performance practices by sifting archival evidence and staging
our own versions of plays, wouldn't it also make sense to look
at continuing religious spectacles like these? Can anyone
enlighten me before I max out my charge card on an impulsive
field trip to Mechelen?
--Steve Wright
Catholic University
PS: I'll post more details about any of these processions on
request.
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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 08:52:04 EST
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From: Jesse Hurlbut
Subject: Re: Belgian Folk and religious festivals
In-Reply-To: Message of Wed, 3 Mar 1993 20:47:00 EST from
Steve,
I'm surprised the Post didn't list the Mardi Gras in Binche, which I
am led to believe has roots in a 16th-c. triumphal entry. The festival
features the 'Gilles de Binche' who dance through the city throwing
blood oranges at the crowd--apparently based on the presence of some South
American natives that were part of the original entry. (I've always
wondered if there weren't some connection to 'Gilles Binchois' the
musician???). I can't really attest to the authentic origins of
this event, however. (although, I could do some digging...)
If you go, be sure to make reservations. During my archive work in
Mechelen, I discovered that there are *very* few options for lodging
there!! (Great archives, though!)
Jesse Hurlbut
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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 11:05:00 EST
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From: NAOMI LIEBLER
Subject: RE: Belgian Folk and religious festivals
Dear Steve,
It's good of you to offer to post more details on request, and since no good
deed should go unpunished, yes, please, I'd love to know more, specifically
about the Belgian Festival of St. George (any relation to the English St.
George?), the Parade of Giants, and the Dog-fest (the Pilgrimage of St.
Hubert).
Many thanks in advance.
--Naomi C. Liebler
@ Apollo.Montclair.edu
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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 16:38:14 -0500
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From: WRIGHTS@CUA.BITNET
Subject: Re: Belgian Folk and religious festivals
Jesse: Actually, the Post article does describe the Binche festival
in considerable detail--I left it out of my short list through
mere oversight. I have seen processions of "wild men" and "green
men" near Basel, but never anything like the large scale urban
activities and quasi-dramatic enactments described in this article.
--steve
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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 09:35:00 EST
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From: AEK@PSUVM.BITNET
Subject: Re: Belgian Folk and religious festivals
In-Reply-To: WRIGHTS AT CUA.BITNET -- Wed, 3 Mar 1993 20:47:00 EST
Meg Twycross has an article entitled "The Flemish 'Ommegang' and its
Pageant Cars" in _Medieval English Theatre_ 2 (1980), 15-41, 80-98.
Wim Husken is currently working on the Bruges Holy Blood Procession.
He could probably supply anyone interested with a current bibliography,
though much of it would be in Dutch. I don't have Wim's current
address, though I have written to a colleague to get it. When I do so,
I can give it to anyone who wishes it.
Alan E. Knight
Penn State University
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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 13:15:40 EST
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From: Jesse Hurlbut
Subject: Re: Belgian Folk and religious festivals
In-Reply-To: Message of Fri, 5 Mar 1993 09:35:00 EST from
Wim Husken's address is:
Zwanenveld 71-32
6538 RG Nijmegen
The Netherlands
He will be at Kalamazoo reading a paper entitled "Politics and drama: the
City of Bruges as Organizer of Drama Competitions" (Session 386 on Sunday
Morning--well worth sticking around for, IMHO).
Jesse Hurlbut
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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 18:18:42 -0500
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From: WRIGHTS@CUA.BITNET
Subject: Re: Belgian Folk and religious festivals
Naomi Liebler: Whoops. I went back to the article and found out that
it contains detailed descriptions of the processions at Mechelen,
Binche, Bruges, and Brussels. The others are described in a single
brief paragraph apiece--in other words, you already have everything the
Post had to say about St George, St Hubert, and the Giants.
The article ends with a note saying that more information on
"folkloric and religious events" can be requested from the Belgian
Tourist Office, 745 Fifth Avenue, Suite 714, NY NY 10151
(212) 758-8130.
Steve Wright
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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1993 10:13:00 EST
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From: NAOMI LIEBLER
Subject: Re: Belgian Folk and religious festivals
To Steve Wright:
Oh. Pity. Thanks anyway.
Cheers,
Naomi Liebler
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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 13:04:44 -0800
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From: GREENFIELD@UPS.EDU
Subject: RORD--Census of Medieval Drama Productions
To all Performers (and Milla, this is also for you for the MRDS
Newsletter): As David Bergeron announced in the Editor's Note to the
1993 volume of RORD (which should just have reached most of you), the
journal will return to publishing a census of Renaissance drama
productions in the 1994 volume. As editor of the Medieval Supplement
to RORD, I would also like to revive the census of medieval drama
productions that John Elliott did so well for a number of years.
Please send me brief (a few paragraphs) notices of any productions of
medieval drama which you have attended or with which you have been
involved. Notices about forthcoming productions are very welcome; so
are brief reviews like those found in back issues of RORD.
Discussions of productions in the U.K. and elsewhere outside North
America are especially encouraged. Of course, PERFORM is a great
place to discuss such productions, and you may want to post your
notices to the network, with a message to me that they can be put into
hard copy in RORD. Or send directly to me, Peter Greenfield. E-mail
address: GREENFIELD@UPS.EDU (Internet). Mail: Department of English,
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA 98416. Notices should reach me
by October 1, 1993 for inclusion in the January 1994 issue.
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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 17:12:58 -0700
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From: CARNAHAN_S@CUBLDR.COLORADO.EDU
Subject: Re: RORD--Census of Medieval Drama Productions
Peter: What years does the survey of performances cover . . . just
this last year? or "recent" productions (say, within five years)?
Thanks! Shirley Carnahan
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1993 10:42:32 -0800
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From: GREENFIELD@UPS.EDU
Subject: Re: RORD--Census of Medieval Drama Productions
Shirley Carnahan and other Performers: The census of medieval drama
productions in RORD will return to being an annual feature of the
journal. Thus, I would expect the 1994 volume to contain notices of
1993 productions, as well as those that took place too late in 1992 to
make the 1993 volume. However, Shirley's question makes me think that
in this revival year, we might want to include notable productions
RORD missed during the hiatus of the census. I'll have to discuss
that possibility with David Bergeron, but if you have an idea about
this, or a production to share, please let me know. Peter Greenfield.
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 11:02:00 EST
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From: WRIGHTS@CUA.BITNET
Subject: Medieval drama and indulgences
I have always heard that spectators at medieval religious plays
could be granted indulgences for their prayerful attendance, but just
as I was about to say so in an essay it suddly dawned on me that
I don't actually know this to have been the case. Can someone confirm or
debunk this piece of lore? Did the reformers have anything to say
about this?
Similarly, what about the purported medieval belief that if one
attended an Easter play one was certain to live through the coming
year? Any truth to this one? Any way I can substantiate it?
Thanks in advance for your suggestions,
Steve Wright
P.S.: Ernst Neumann lists dozens of church documents forbidding
or restricting plays--are there any such documents offering
indulgences to audiences or players?
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 21:00:26 -0700
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From: CARNAHAN_S@CUBLDR.COLORADO.EDU
Subject: Re: Medieval drama and indulgences
Steve: Do you have access to any of the volumes published by REED
(Records of Early English Drama)? There are records from about
nine or ten counties published now, and the volumes might be able
to answer your question. Alternately, posting your question on the
REED list might garner an answer.
Shirley Carnahan
University of Colorado, Boulder
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1993 09:19:25 EST
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From: CLOPPER@UCS.INDIANA.EDU
Subject: RE: Medieval drama and indulgences
The Chester proclamation of 1531-32 says that the purported author of the
plays got an unknown number of days pardon from Pope Clement and 40 days
from the Bishop of Chester for those who resorted to the plays in peacable
manner and with good devotion. The number of days of the Clementine pardon
is unknown because of damage to the MS; however, in a note dated 1628 the
number of days is said to be 1000 (Chester, REED, pp. 28 and 388).
Larry Clopper
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1993 17:27:00 EST
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Subject: medieval drama and indulgences
Thanks to larry Clopper for his information about Chester. In the
meantime I have turned up a dozen or so examples from Germany. The
most generous by far was the indulgence issued by the papal legate,
Raimund Peraudi, Cardinal of Gurk, to all those in attendance at
an Easter play (ludus Paschalis) performed on the Sunday after
Corpus Christi, 1502, in Calw.
"Tragoedia bene peracta, Lagatus benedicebat omni praesenti
populo: dans indulgentias 240.annorum, de impositis poenitentiis.
Multitudo, quae spectauerat, aestimata fuit decem millium hominum."
By my reckoning, that works out to an aggregate of 2.4 million
years release time.
--Steve Wright
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1993 17:57:00 EST
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From: MRIGGIO@TRINCC.BITNET
Subject: Re: Sacrifice of Isaac
Dear Bob Clark:
A very belated answer to your January 25 letter about Isaac apparently roasting
on a grill in the Visconti Hours. There is a midrashic tradition that Abraham
did sacrifice Isaac, or that, at least, Isaac burned up because the fire was
already going when the angel stayed Abraham's hand. It sounds as if this image
echoes that tradition. If so, it is the only example I've found in Christian
lore or art that pays reference to this notion. And, of course, I'm not sure
that it does, though I can't think of any other explanation for Isaac's being
roasted.
Help, anyone? (Not to ressurect a nicely passed question, but my paper is
now finished, and I'm looking for evidence in Christian art, commentary, or
drama for the Midrashic tradition of Isaac's being sacrificed or burned? So,
one last query: is that what's happening in the Visconti hours? And are there
other examples? Amelia? Nerida? Others who might know?
And, Bob, thanks for the reference.
Best,
Milla Riggio
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Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1993 13:18:56 EST
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From: CLOPPER@UCS.INDIANA.EDU
Subject: RE: medieval drama and indulgences
The English seem either more reasonable about the value of seeing the plays
or less pessimistic than the Germans about the duration of Purgatory.
Larry Clopper
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1993 12:42:08 +1000
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From: Nerida Newbigin
Subject: A&IDear Milla,
Dear Milla,
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you on Isaac, but really I had
nothing more to add. My notes on the old Xerox copy say: "Akedah, nonce
word, reserved for one only phenomenon; cf. religio and aligasset in
Vulgate; where it occurs in the liturgy: Easter Saturday, OT reading; 4th
century readings stabilized; cf. Belcari, prefiguration of the Sacrifice of
Christ; presence in Koran, use Koran with Index; presence in folk-lore;
Oedipus; Iphigenia." I probably did not understand them when I wrote them; I
would have to do a lot of looking up to do so now.
On the subject of barbecued Isaac: Belcari's text is explicit that fire is
taken on the journey, with the knife, and says explicitly that both arrive.
But there is no trace in the text or the rubrics of lighting the fire, and
no mention of it until they catch the ram, then "while it burns" they say...
Question: when do they light the fire? The Florentines certainly had the
pyrotechnic skills to have the angel appear in a megaflash that would light
the wood. Interesting problem.
I was unaware of any tradition in which Isaac dies. Belcari's Isaac (in the
manuscript tradition) accepts death in the faith that he will be
resurrected, but he does not in fact suffer any bodily harm.
I look forward to reading the article.
Nerida
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Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1993 20:29:00 EST
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From: MRIGGIO@TRINCC.BITNET
Subject: Re: Dulcitius
Dear Rick Jones:
I tried to reply to you directly with reference to your request about MRDS.
Unfortunately, the message was bounced back to me -- host domain unknown.
So I'm trying this reply, to a much earlier message of yours to PERFORM.
Basically, PERFORM was spawned by MRDS, along with some other things, like
Martin Stevens and Steve Wright's translation series for medieval drama, and
annual sessions at the MLA and at The Medieval Institute at Kalamazoo. We
have a biannual newsletter, and if you'd like back copies, write Margaret
Grasso, Administrative assistant to; Milla Riggio; English Department;
Trinity College; Hartford, Ct. 06106. I think you'd like the group --
started by David Bevington in the sixties and very active now, about 250
members and growing. If you want to join when you request the newsletters,
enclose a check for $10.00 and that will do the trick.
Hope this reaches you -- nothing to do with Dulcitius. But it's the coward's
retreat from e-mail blues, to find an old letter to reply to.
Best,
Milla Riggio
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1993 10:37:00 EST
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From: MRIGGIO@TRINCC.BITNET
Subject: Re: A&IDear Milla,
Dear Nerida:
Did I tell you that I had already gotten a microfilm of Belcari from the Folger
when you first gave me the information. I will mention this play in my article.
though I'm concentrating on English plays. Your references were very helpful
,
especially Wellisch. I believe Erich Wellisch was the first person (and the
only one I've so far found before me) to connect the Isaac story directly
with the Oedipal myth. HELP! Am I right about this -- Nerida or anyone else:
or are there other references to Isaac and/as Oedipus that I don't know about?
Thanks for your help. The essay is about done, and I'll be glad toshare
a copy with you.
--Best
Milla
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1993 14:41:00 EST
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From: COX@HOPE.CIT.HOPE.EDU
Subject: Conference at Penn State
I recently downloaded a message about an upcoming conference at Penn
State on medieval drama, but now I can't find the message in my files.
The conference was to take place later this month, if I remember correctly,
and the organizer was someone in the history department. If anyone still
has this message, or pertinent information, I'd be grateful for it.
Thanks, John Cox
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1993 23:34:23 EST
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From: 'Robert Barrett'
Subject: Beadle's York Plays
Dear Perform-ers,
I am writing an essay on the York Passion Sequence (25-38),
concentrating primarily on issues of interpellation (self-fashioning) and
direct address (or explicit dramatic reference to the theatricality of the
pageants). The edition I am using is of course Richard Beadle's _York
Plays_ (Edward Arnold, 1982). However, my copy at present is the
library's, and I would like a text I could gloss extensively. Is Beadle's
text still in print? The only version of it I could find in _BIP_ was the
selection of plays he edited for Oxford UP. Thanks in advance.
Rob Barrett
--
Robert W. Barrett, Jr.
rbarrett@mail.sas.upenn.edu
Department of English
University of Pennsylvania
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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1993 12:40:29 EST
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From: FLANIGAN@IUBVM.BITNET
Subject: Medieval Theatre Conference
Here's the original announcement
--Jesse Hurlbut
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
THE STAGE AS MIRROR:
CIVIC THEATRE IN LATE MEDIEVAL EUROPE
An International Conference
to be held at
The Pennsylvania State University
March 25-27, 1993
The conference will explore the function of late medieval
theatre in England, France, and The Netherlands, examining the
relationships among these three countries as reflected in late
medieval civic spectacles. There will be performances of plays
from N-Town and from Lille and a workshop on medieval theatre,
involving a German play of the Wise and Foolish Virgins. There
will also be a medieval banquet, followed by a performance of
the Lille _Susannah and the Elders_. The speakers will be:
Richard Beadle (Cambridge) - "Small-Town Drama in Late Medieval
East Anglia"
Barrie Dobson (Cambridge) - "Craft Guilds and City: The Social
Background of the York Mystery Plays Reassessed"
Alexandra Johnston (Toronto) - "The Continental Connection:
English Drama and the Low Countries"
Alan E. Knight (Penn State) - "The Representation of Susannah
and the Elders in Late Medieval Theatre"
Lynette Muir (Leeds) - "The Play of God in Medieval Europe"
Gerard Nijsten (Amsterdam) - "Feasts and Public Spectacle:
Late Medieval Drama and Performance.
Pamela Sheingorn (Baruch College) - "The Bodily Embrace:
Gesture and Gender in Later Medieval Drama"
Stephen Spector (SUNY, Stony Brook) - "N-Town and the Case
of Civic Drama"
Martin Stevens (CUNY) - "Herod as Carnival King"
For further information and registration forms, write to:
Judith L. Shawley
Department of History
601 Oswald Tower
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1993 17:42:15 +0000
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From: Mrs M Twycross
Subject: Re: RORD--Census of Medieval Drama Productions
In-Reply-To: from "GREENFIELD@EDU.UPS" at Mar 10, 93 10:42:32 am
Dear Peter, Does RORD want the British ones as well? If so, I can ask at the for
thcoming METh meeting. We had our major York pageant waggon plays last summer (
1992) which ought to go in.
Yours, Meg Twycross
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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1993 18:19:10 -0500
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From: Andrew Draskoy
Subject: Renaissance Dance
I'm planning to start up an email list for discussion of Renaissance
dance, with a focus on reconstruction. If there is already an appropriate
place for this, or some other forum where interested parties might be
reached, please let me know. Please do NOT send subscription requests
until the list has been announced.
This notice has been posted to the Bitnet lists PERFORM, RENAIS-L,
and the Usenet groups rec.arts.dance, rec.folk-dancing, and rec.org.sca.
Andrew Draskoy
andrew@bransle.ucs.mun.ca
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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1993 08:34:20 -0500
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From: REED Project
Subject: Re: Beadle's York Plays (fwd)
I passed the enquiry about Beadle's _York Plays_ on to REED-L and am
now passing on the reply!
Abigail Young, REED
Forwarded message:
> From: Mrs M Twycross
> Subject: Re: Beadle's York Plays (fwd)
> To: reed
> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1993 14:28:14 +0000 (GMT)
>
> Yes, as far as I know: it was in their last catalogue. BUT it costs
> about #70 ...
> Meg Twycross>
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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1993 10:50:00 CST
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From: TB0WPW1@NIU.BITNET
A colleague who is not on e-mail is looking for an
inexpensive flat-share or sublet in London from July or September 1993
through June of 1994. Replies can come to me and I'll pass them on to
him. Thanks
William Proctor Williams TB0WPW1@NIU
Department of English, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115 USA
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Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1993 10:54:56 -0800
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From: GREENFIELD@UPS.EDU
Subject: Re: RORD--Census of Medieval Drama Productions
Dear Meg:
Yes, please! RORD certainly wants the Census of Medieval Drama
Productions to cover British as well as North American productions.
Please do spread the word at the Medieval Theatre meeting, as you are
one of only a few British scholars currently on the PERFORM network.
Details of the 1992 York pageant wagon production would be especially
welcome. I have a student who saw it, and she and I have been happily
comparing it with the '88 plays on pageant wagons, which I saw.
Regards, Peter Greenfield
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Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1993 14:13:23 -0500
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From: Andrew Draskoy
Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: Renaissance Dance list
RENDANCE is a mailing list for discussion of Renaissance dance.
The intended focus is dance reconstruction and related research,
but discussion on any relevant topic is welcomed.
To subscribe, send a message to listserver@morgan.ucs.mun.ca containing
one line in the message body:
subscribe rendance Your Name Here
The listserver software is similar, but not identical, to the BITNET
listservs, so you may wish to send a help message to the listserver
address as well. The list address is rendance@morgan.ucs.mun.ca, and
I'm requesting that no one send messages to it before April 2nd. This
will give people a chance to subscribe before discussion begins.
Andrew Draskoy
andrew@bransle.ucs.mun.ca
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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1993 14:52:25 -0500
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From: Helen Ostovich
Subject: CHANGE OF ADDRESS
I have been attempting to communicate my change of address through
LISTSERV without clear signs of success. I have not been receiving
PERFORM e-mail either, although I vaguely recall one message acknowledging
my attempts to re-subscribe. Help!
Helen Ostovich (ostovich@mcmaster.ca)
(ostovich@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca)
Either of the above addresses will reach me.
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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1993 18:25:00 EST
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From: AEK@PSUVM.BITNET
Subject: Loss of a Colleague
I have just received the distressing news of the death of Jean-Claude
Aubailly, former president of the Societe Internationale pour l'Etude
du Theatre Medieval. His contributions to the study of medieval French
theatre were many and varied, and he will be greatly missed by those of
us who knew him as a warm and generous friend. The announcement that I
received reads as follows:
Madame Jacqueline AUBAILLY
ses enfants et sa famille
ont la douleur de vous faire part du deces de
Monsieur Jean-Claude AUBAILLY
survenu brutalement au Sri-Lanka
le 4 Mars 1993 a l'age de 58 ans.
Alan E. Knight (aek@psuvm)
Pennsylvania State University
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 10:18:08 EST
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: Mark Sheingorn
Subject: MS for pamela shiengorn
hi,
when you are reading to ship a sample pla
page, chould you contact me at
mark@gursey.baruch.cuny.edu
so that we can arrange ftp? i will need access on some lmachine
where you have placed the file ... you can't do this with e-mail
becuase your system isn't unix ...
questions? just dro[p a line to the above addr
mark s
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 18:48:00 EST
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: AEK@PSUVM.BITNET
Subject: Teacher's Request
A school teacher who attended the recent Penn State conference on
medieval theatre asked me to suggest some medieval plays that would
be appropriate for performance by 10 and 11 year olds. I gave her
an English translation of the Lille play of Ruth and made a couple
of suggestions, but thought she might get a greater variety of plays
if I asked subscribers to PERFORM. If you do have any suggestions,
you may send them to me (by e-mail) and I will forward them to her
(by snail-mail). If you would like to contact her directly, her
address is:
Elizabeth Harrison
Norwood School
8821 River Road
Bethesda, Maryland 20817
Thanks in advance,
Alan E. Knight (AEK@PSUVM)
Pennsylvania State University
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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1993 11:54:40 +0100
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: Mrs M Twycross
Subject: Re: Loss of a Colleague
In-Reply-To: from "AEK@EARN.PSUVM" at Mar 29, 93 06:25:00 pm
Dear Alan,
What on earth happened? Have you any idea? Does 'brutalement'
suggest what it does to me? Meg Twycross
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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1993 18:10:00 EST
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: AEK@PSUVM.BITNET
Subject: Re: Loss of a Colleague
In-Reply-To: ena006 AT CENTRAL1.LANCASTER.AC.UK -- Wed,
31 Mar 1993 11:54:40 +0100
To Meg Twycross and others:
I have no idea what happened to Jean-Claude. I received only the
laconic announcement that I transmitted to the network. I interpret
'brutalement' as indicating some kind of accident.
-- Alan Knight
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