PERFORM Log

August 1993

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Date:         Thu, 5 Aug 1993 15:27:57 -0700
Reply-To:     John Coldewey 
Sender:       PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts 
From:         John Coldewey 
Subject:      Re: Gesture studies
In-Reply-To:  <9307070056.AA04850@carson.u.washington.edu>

To Naomi Liebler--

Thanks for the wonderful invitation to push my own book! It's called EARLY
ENGLISH DRAMA: AN ANTHOLOGY, and it was just published in March by
Garland, simultaneously in hardback and paper ($18.95 for the paperback, I
think).  I've included the table of contents below, and you should note
that I have rounded up the usual suspects--the most often taught pageants from
the cycle plays--and put them in an appendix, while devoting most of the
pages to non-cycle plays, including moralities and saint plays and the
bizarre miracle Play of the Sacrament, plus a good number of play
fragments like Dux Moraud, with its odd themes of incest, matricide and
infanticide.  There are seventeen or eighteen plays altogether, in just
under four hundred pages.

All the plays are presented in Middle English, with somewhat
regularized spelling.  Words are amply glossed in the margins and lines
annotated at the bottom of the page.  It should be as accessible to
students as Cawley's Everyman and Medieval Miracle Plays, but with a wider
and (I think) more interesting selection of texts. Each play has a short
introduction covering mss. info., versification, salient features of the
text, and references to standard scholarly editions.  There is a
select bibliography at the end.

Use it--and let me know what you'd like to see in a second edition.

Cheers,

John Coldewey



Contents

Acknowledgments.......................................................  ix

Introduction..........................................................  1

The Reynes Extracts...................................................  9

The Durham Prologue...................................................  14

Dux Moraud............................................................  17

The Pride of Life.....................................................  26

Everyman..............................................................  43

Wisdom................................................................  68

Mankind...............................................................  105

The Brome Abraham and Isaac...........................................  136

The Norwich Grocers' Play.............................................  151

The Digby Conversion of St. Paul......................................  164

The Digby Mary Magdalene..............................................  186

The Digby Killing of the Children.....................................  253

The Croxton Play of the Sacrament.....................................  274

Appendix:  Pageants from the Cycle Plays

Introduction .........................................................  306

Noah, from the Wakefield Cycle........................................  309

Abraham and Isaac, from the Chester Cycle.............................  324

The Second Shepherds' Play, from the Wakefield Cycle..................  343

The Crucifixion of Christ, from the York Cycle......................... 364

Suggestions for Further Reading.......................................  373



On Tue, 6 Jul 1993, NAOMI LIEBLER wrote:

> To John Coledewey--
>
> John, please tell us more about your Garland anthology! I haven't seen a
> Garland brochure in years (shame on them!), and when I last taught a course
> encompassing Early English Drama (a graduate course, in that particular
> instance, last fall), all there was available was the old Gassner anthology,
> which I found most unsatisfactory. Was gonna teach a similar course this
 coming
> fall at the undergraduate level, but will be off on sabbatical instead
> (Yippee!). Nevertheless, there will be other semesters and other such courses
> in the future. So give us the nitty-gritty on your collection: suitable for
> what level? In modern or middle English? Cost? Contents? From when to when?
>
> And congratulations!
>
> Best,
> Naomi Liebler
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Date:         Tue, 24 Aug 1993 10:16:55 EDT
Reply-To:     PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts 
Sender:       PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts 
From:         Jesse Hurlbut 
Subject:      Robin and Marion

Does anyone know if any of the illuminations of _Le jeu de Robin et de
Marion_ (Bibl. Mejanes, ms. A) have ever been reproduced.  I'd be interested
in showing them to students this semester, if possible.

Jesse
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Date:         Tue, 24 Aug 1993 10:18:08 EDT
Reply-To:     PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts 
Sender:       PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts 
From:         Jesse Hurlbut 
Subject:      DISK CRASH

Due to a disk head crash at IUBVM, any mail sent to PERFORM between
last Friday morning and Sunday evening has been lost (including my
original query re. Robin and Marion).  Please resend anything that
might have been lost during that time.  Sorry for any inconvenience.

Jesse Hurlbut
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Date:         Wed, 25 Aug 1993 16:25:51 -0400
Reply-To:     PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts 
Sender:       PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts 
From:         William Milheim 
Subject:      Internet Survey

                              INTERNET SURVEY

                     Adele F. Bane 
                 William D. Milheim 
              The Pennsylvania State University at Great Valley
________________________________________________________________________________
This electronic mail survey is being conducted to identify the functions of the
Internet that are most used by the academic community.  You have been chosen as
a member of a selected academic list service (LISTSERV) to participate.
Results of this survey will form the basis of a journal article to be published
later this year.  Please answer all survey questions.
________________________________________________________________________________

INTERNET INSIGHTS:  A Survey

We will begin by asking a few questions about yourself:

        How many years of computer experience do you have?      _____
        How long have you used e-mail of any type?              _____
        How long have you been an Internet user?                _____

Three primary functions of the Internet have been identified.  They are
electronic mail, Telnet or remote log-in, and FTP or file transfer.  An
estimated 15 million users take advantage of these functions daily.
This survey explores the use of each of these services.

1.  E-Mail Use:  How often do you make these connections?

           (Insert the appropriate number beside items below:)

        1=Not at all                    4=About 2-3 times a month
        2=A few times                   5=Once a week
        3=About once a month            6=More than once a week

                Private Email:                                  _____

                Discussion group(s):                            _____
                        (Specify)

                Usenet (or Netnews)                             _____

                Electronic journal(s)/newsletters(s):           _____
                        (Specify)



2.  Telnet Use:  How often do you connect to remote databases?

           (Insert appropriate number beside items below.)

        1=Not at all                    4=About 2-3 times a month
        2=A few times                   5=Once a week
        3=About once a month            6=More than once a week

                Games/Simulations:              _____
                Library Catalogs:               _____
        .       Specialized Databases:          _____


2a.  How frequently do you connect these Internet sources:

           (Insert appropriate number beside items below.)

        1=Not at all                    4=About 2-3 times a month
        2=A few times                   5=Once a week
        3=About once a month            6=More than once a week

                American Mathematical Society BBS               _____
                American Psychological Assn.                    _____
                CARL                                            _____
                CITADEL                                         _____
                Cleveland FreeNet                               _____
                Dartmouth Dante                                 _____
                Dialog                                          _____
                Dow-Jones News Retrieval                        _____
                Dranet                                          _____
                EDIN                                            _____
                EPA                                             _____
                ERIC                                            _____
                FEDIX/MOLIS                                     _____
                GenBank                                         _____
                Geographic Name Server                          _____
                International Centre for Distance Learning      _____
                ISAAC                                           _____
                Lexis                                           _____
                Market/Business Report                          _____
                National Education BBS                          _____
                Netfind                                         _____
                Nexis                                           _____
                Oceanic Information Center                      _____
                OCLC                                            _____
                PENpages                                        _____
                RLIN                                            _____
                SpaceLink                                       _____
                STIS                                            _____
                TC Forum                                        _____
                Weather Underground                             _____
                Webster Dictionary                              _____

                Other  (Please specify):


3.  FTP Use:  How often do you download files from FTP archive sites?

           (Insert appropriate number beside each item)

        1=Not at all                    4=About 2-3 times a month
        2=A few times                   5=Once a week
        3=About once a month            6=More than once a week

                Computers and Academic Freedom                  _____
                EASI                                            _____
                History                                         _____
                LIBSOFT                                         _____
                Lyric and Discography                           _____
                NASA                                            _____
                Online Libraries Directory                      _____
                Science Education                               _____
                SIMTEL20                                        _____
                SUMEX-AIM                                       _____
                U.S. Supreme Court Decisions                    _____
                Washington Uni. Public Domain Archives          _____

                Other (Please Specify):


4.      Several navigational aids have been developed for the Internet.
        How often do you use these network guides?

           (Insert appropriate number beside items below.)

        1=Not at all                    4=About 2-3 times a month
        2=A few times                   5=Once a week
        3=About once a month            6=More than once a week

                Archie                                          _____
                Campus-wide Information Systems                 _____
                Gopher                                          _____
                WAIS (Wide-area information servers)            _____
                WWW (WorldWideWeb)                              _____
                Veronica                                        _____
                HYTELNET                                        _____
                Other (Please specify):


Personal experiences can be the most helpful to other users.  Please comment on
the following:

5.      The importance of the Internet to your work?



6.      Advantages the Internet offers over other resources?



7.      Barriers to using the Internet?



8.      Your most memorable use of the Internet?



9  These questions will help us interpret the results of this study:

        Title:  ________________________________________
        Affiliation:  __________________________________
        Discipline:  ___________________________________
        Research Interest(s):____________________________________
        _________________________________________________________

Please return the completed survey to: WMILHEIM@PSUGV.EDU
by September 3, 1993.

If you would like a summary of the survey results, please place your
e-mail address here:  _____________________.


            :) Thank you for taking the time to participate :)
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Date:         Thu, 26 Aug 1993 12:30:44 -0400
Reply-To:     PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts 
Sender:       PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts 
From:         Joshua Brandon 
Subject:      Internet Survey

William Milheim writes:
 >                               INTERNET SURVEY
 >
 >                      Adele F. Bane 
 >                  William D. Milheim 
 >               The Pennsylvania State University at Great Valley
 > ________________________________________________________________________________
 > This electronic mail survey is being conducted to identify the functions of the
 > Internet that are most used by the academic community.  You have been chosen as
 > a member of a selected academic list service (LISTSERV) to participate.
 > Results of this survey will form the basis of a journal article to be published
 > later this year.  Please answer all survey questions.
 > ________________________________________________________________________________
 >
 > INTERNET INSIGHTS:  A Survey
 >
 > We will begin by asking a few questions about yourself:
 >
 >         How many years of computer experience do you have?      __15___
 >         How long have you used e-mail of any type?              __5 yrs___
 >         How long have you been an Internet user?                __4 yrs___
 >
 > Three primary functions of the Internet have been identified.  They are
 > electronic mail, Telnet or remote log-in, and FTP or file transfer.  An
 > estimated 15 million users take advantage of these functions daily.
 > This survey explores the use of each of these services.
 >
 > 1.  E-Mail Use:  How often do you make these connections?
 >
 >            (Insert the appropriate number beside items below:)
 >
 >         1=Not at all                    4=About 2-3 times a month
 >         2=A few times                   5=Once a week
 >         3=About once a month            6=More than once a week
 >
 >                 Private Email:                                  __6___
 >
 >                 Discussion group(s):                            __6___
 >                         (Specify)
 >
 >                 Usenet (or Netnews)                             __6___
 >
 >                 Electronic journal(s)/newsletters(s):           __2___
 >                         (Specify)
 >
 >
 >
 > 2.  Telnet Use:  How often do you connect to remote databases?
 >
 >            (Insert appropriate number beside items below.)
 >
 >         1=Not at all                    4=About 2-3 times a month
 >         2=A few times                   5=Once a week
 >         3=About once a month            6=More than once a week
 >
 >                 Games/Simulations:              __2___
 >                 Library Catalogs:               __6___
 >         .       Specialized Databases:          __3___
 >
 >
 > 2a.  How frequently do you connect these Internet sources:
 >
 >            (Insert appropriate number beside items below.)
 >
 >         1=Not at all                    4=About 2-3 times a month
 >         2=A few times                   5=Once a week
 >         3=About once a month            6=More than once a week
 >
 >                 American Mathematical Society BBS               _____
 >                 American Psychological Assn.                    _____
 >                 CARL                                            _____
 >                 CITADEL                                         _____
 >                 Cleveland FreeNet                               _____
 >                 Dartmouth Dante                                 _____
 >                 Dialog                                          _____
 >                 Dow-Jones News Retrieval                        _____
 >                 Dranet                                          _____
 >                 EDIN                                            _____
 >                 EPA                                             _____
 >                 ERIC                                            _____
 >                 FEDIX/MOLIS                                     _____
 >                 GenBank                                         _____
 >                 Geographic Name Server                          _____
 >                 International Centre for Distance Learning      _____
 >                 ISAAC                                           _____
 >                 Lexis                                           _____
 >                 Market/Business Report                          _____
 >                 National Education BBS                          _____
 >                 Netfind                                         _____
 >                 Nexis                                           _____
 >                 Oceanic Information Center                      _____
 >                 OCLC                                            _____
 >                 PENpages                                        _____
 >                 RLIN                                            _____
 >                 SpaceLink                                       _____
 >                 STIS                                            _____
 >                 TC Forum                                        _____
 >                 Weather Underground                             _____
 >                 Webster Dictionary                              __6___
 >
 >                 Other  (Please specify):
 >
 >
 > 3.  FTP Use:  How often do you download files from FTP archive sites?
 >
 >            (Insert appropriate number beside each item)
 >
 >         1=Not at all                    4=About 2-3 times a month
 >         2=A few times                   5=Once a week
 >         3=About once a month            6=More than once a week
 >
 >                 Computers and Academic Freedom                  _____
 >                 EASI                                            _____
 >                 History                                         __2___
 >                 LIBSOFT                                         _____
 >                 Lyric and Discography                           _____
 >                 NASA                                            _____
 >                 Online Libraries Directory                      _____
 >                 Science Education                               _____
 >                 SIMTEL20                                        _____
 >                 SUMEX-AIM                                       _____
 >                 U.S. Supreme Court Decisions                    _____
 >                 Washington Uni. Public Domain Archives          __4___
 >
 >                 Other (Please Specify):
 >
 >
 > 4.      Several navigational aids have been developed for the Internet.
 >         How often do you use these network guides?
 >
 >            (Insert appropriate number beside items below.)
 >
 >         1=Not at all                    4=About 2-3 times a month
 >         2=A few times                   5=Once a week
 >         3=About once a month            6=More than once a week
 >
 >                 Archie                                          __4___
 >                 Campus-wide Information Systems                 __4___
 >                 Gopher                                          __4___
 >                 WAIS (Wide-area information servers)            _____
 >                 WWW (WorldWideWeb)                              _____
 >                 Veronica                                        _____
 >                 HYTELNET                                        _____
 >                 Other (Please specify):
 >
 >
 > Personal experiences can be the most helpful to other users.  Please comment on
 > the following:
 >
 > 5.      The importance of the Internet to your work?
 >
 >
 >
 > 6.      Advantages the Internet offers over other resources?
 >
 >
 >
 > 7.      Barriers to using the Internet?
 >
 >
 >
 > 8.      Your most memorable use of the Internet?
 >
 >
 >
 > 9  These questions will help us interpret the results of this study:
 >
 >         Title:  ____Graduate Student____________________________________
 >         Affiliation:  _____Brown University_____________________________
 >         Discipline:  ______Mathematics_____________________________
 >         Research Interest(s):___Algebraic Number Theory_________________________________
 >         _________________________________________________________
 >
 > Please return the completed survey to: WMILHEIM@PSUGV.EDU
 > by September 3, 1993.
 >
 > If you would like a summary of the survey results, please place your
 > e-mail address here:  _____________________.
 >
 >
 >             :) Thank you for taking the time to participate :)
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Date:         Mon, 30 Aug 1993 16:23:54 EDT
Reply-To:     PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts 
Sender:       PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts 
From:         Clyde W Brockett 
Subject:      Re: Internet Survey
In-Reply-To:  <9308252028.AA09229@powhatan.cc.cnc.edu>; from "William Milheim"
              at Aug 25, 93 4:25 pm

>
>                               INTERNET SURVEY
>
>                      Adele F. Bane 
>                  William D. Milheim 
>               The Pennsylvania State University at Great Valley
> ________________________________________________________________________________
> This electronic mail survey is being conducted to identify the functions of the
> Internet that are most used by the academic community.  You have been chosen as
> a member of a selected academic list service (LISTSERV) to participate.
> Results of this survey will form the basis of a journal article to be published
> later this year.  Please answer all survey questions.
> ________________________________________________________________________________
>
> INTERNET INSIGHTS:  A Survey
>
> We will begin by asking a few questions about yourself:
>
>         How many years of computer experience do you have?      __6__
>         How long have you used e-mail of any type?              __2__
>         How long have you been an Internet user?                __2__
>
> Three primary functions of the Internet have been identified.  They are
> electronic mail, Telnet or remote log-in, and FTP or file transfer.  An
> estimated 15 million users take advantage of these functions daily.
> This survey explores the use of each of these services.
>
> 1.  E-Mail Use:  How often do you make these connections?
>
>            (Insert the appropriate number beside items below:)
>
>         1=Not at all                    4=About 2-3 times a month
>         2=A few times                   5=Once a week
>         3=About once a month            6=More than once a week
>
>                 Private Email:                                  __1__
>
>                 Discussion group(s):                            __2__
>                         (Specify)
>
>                 Usenet (or Netnews)                             __1__
>
>                 Electronic journal(s)/newsletters(s):           __1__
>                         (Specify)
>
>
>
> 2.  Telnet Use:  How often do you connect to remote databases?
>
>            (Insert appropriate number beside items below.)
>
>         1=Not at all                    4=About 2-3 times a month
>         2=A few times                   5=Once a week
>         3=About once a month            6=More than once a week
>
>                 Games/Simulations:              __1__
>                 Library Catalogs:               __2__
>         .       Specialized Databases:          __2__
>
>
> 2a.  How frequently do you connect these Internet sources:
>
>            (Insert appropriate number beside items below.)
>
>         1=Not at all                    4=About 2-3 times a month
>         2=A few times                   5=Once a week
>         3=About once a month            6=More than once a week
>
>                 American Mathematical Society BBS               __1__
>                 American Psychological Assn.                    __1__
>                 CARL                                            __1__
>                 CITADEL                                         __1__
>                 Cleveland FreeNet                               __1__
>                 Dartmouth Dante                                 __1__
>                 Dialog                                          __1__
>                 Dow-Jones News Retrieval                        __1__
>                 Dranet                                          __1__
>                 EDIN                                            __1__
>                 EPA                                             __1__
>                 ERIC                                            __2__
>                 FEDIX/MOLIS                                     __1__
>                 GenBank                                         __1__
>                 Geographic Name Server                          __1__
>                 International Centre for Distance Learning      __1__
>                 ISAAC                                           __1__
>                 Lexis                                           __1__
>                 Market/Business Report                          __1__
>                 National Education BBS                          __1__
>                 Netfind                                         __1__
>                 Nexis                                           __1__
>                 Oceanic Information Center                      __1__
>                 OCLC                                            __1__
>                 PENpages                                        __1__
>                 RLIN                                            __1__
>                 SpaceLink                                       __1__
>                 STIS                                            __1__
>                 TC Forum                                        __1__
>                 Weather Underground                             __1__
>                 Webster Dictionary                              __1__
>
>                 Other  (Please specify):
>                  TWM-L Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum
>                  Perform -  Medieval Performing Arts
> 3.  FTP Use:  How often do you download files from FTP archive sites?
>
>            (Insert appropriate number beside each item)
>
>         1=Not at all                    4=About 2-3 times a month
>         2=A few times                   5=Once a week
>         3=About once a month            6=More than once a week
>
>                 Computers and Academic Freedom                  __1__
>                 EASI                                            __1__
>                 History                                         __1__
>                 LIBSOFT                                         __1__
>                 Lyric and Discography                           __1__
>                 NASA                                            __1__
>                 Online Libraries Directory                      __1__
>                 Science Education                               __1__
>                 SIMTEL20                                        __1__
>                 SUMEX-AIM                                       __1__
>                 U.S. Supreme Court Decisions                    __1__
>                 Washington Uni. Public Domain Archives          __1__
>
>                 Other (Please Specify):
>                       TML-L
>
> 4.      Several navigational aids have been developed for the Internet.
>         How often do you use these network guides?
>
>            (Insert appropriate number beside items below.)
>
>         1=Not at all                    4=About 2-3 times a month
>         2=A few times                   5=Once a week
>         3=About once a month            6=More than once a week
>
>                 Archie                                          __1__
>                 Campus-wide Information Systems                 __1__
>                 Gopher                                          __1__
>                 WAIS (Wide-area information servers)            __1__
>                 WWW (WorldWideWeb)                              __1__
>                 Veronica                                        __1__
>                 HYTELNET                                        __1__
>                 Other (Please specify):
>
>
> Personal experiences can be the most helpful to other users.  Please comment on
> the following:
>
> 5.      The importance of the Internet to your work?
>
          reading, correspondence, data acquisition
>
>
> 6.      Advantages the Internet offers over other resources?
>
          speed , especially long inputs through FTP
>
>
> 7.      Barriers to using the Internet?
>
>
                none yet
>
> 8.      Your most memorable use of the Internet?
>
>
           Information about rare printed source of medieval liturgical
drama heretofore not read or known.
>
> 9  These questions will help us interpret the results of this study:
>
>         Title:  Dr. Clyde W. Brockett
>         Affiliation: Christopher Newport University
>         Discipline: Musicology
>         Research Interest(s): Medieval music theory; medieval drama;
world music
>
> Please return the completed survey to: WMILHEIM@PSUGV.EDU
> by September 3, 1993.
>
> If you would like a summary of the survey results, please place your
> e-mail address here:   brockett@powhatan.cc.cnu.edu.
>
>
>             :) Thank you for taking the time to participate :)
>