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November 1993
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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1993 08:40:28 EST
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From: Eric Metzler
Subject: Re: Announcement
Dear Milla Riggio et al:
I am (sorry, I still can't bring myself to use the past tense), one of
Cliff's students who grew to love studying the Middle Ages under his
tutelage. I count Cliff's loss as both a personal and a professional
tragedy since he was both my friend and mentor. I think your idea of
doing a Festschrift in his honor would be a wonderful and lasting way
to pay tribute to a man who inspired so many not only with the breadth
and depth of his scholarship, but with his undying enthusiasm. I hope
there are others who are also interested.
Thank you,
Eric Metzler]
Indiana University
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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1993 09:59:00 EST
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From: Steve Wright
Subject: memorial for cliff flanigan
First of all, thanks to Bob Clark, Jesse Hurlbut, Milla Riggio,
and the others who have taken on the sad task of passing along the news
about Cliff's death. I am grateful that you thought to post the news
at once. I apologize for the long delay in responding to the news
of Cliff's passing, but every time I've tried to sit down and the
keyboard I've just sat staring at the blank screen and blinking
cursor.
Milla's suggestion that Cliff's students and friends--all those
whose lives and minds he enriched with such warmth and generosity--
come together to collaborate on a volume of essays is a wonderful
idea. I can think of no better way to demonstrate our gratitude for
the legacy he left us. I'd like to discuss this idea--on the list
or privately--with other interested parties.
Finally, I just wanted to say that by sheer coincidence the topic
of last Monday's session of the Medieval Drama course I teach was
Cliff's magisterial essay on "Comparative Literature and the Study of
Medieval Drama." The essay provoked a loud, lively, and exciting debate
that went on for a full 90 minutes. Students who had little to say all
semester joined in with a real sense of urgency and involvement. It
was a great time to be a teacher. Thanks, Cliff.
--Steve Wright
Catholic University
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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1993 15:10:27 EST
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From: "The Medieval Studies Institute,
Indiana University"
Subject: Cliff Flanigan's Memorial
To Friends, Colleagues and Students of Cliff Flanigan:
We wanted those of you who are near Bloomington -- as well as
those of you who are not -- to know of our plans to honor Cliff
Flanigan:
On Saturday, November 13, 10-12, there will be an informal gathering
to remember Cliff and his work. We will meet in the Faculty Club
Lounge, Indiana Memorial Union.
On the preceding evening, a Mass of the Pentecost by Giovanni Flori
will be performed in Recital Hall of the Music School at 8:30. Al-
though the performance was scheduled before Cliff died, Thomas Binkley
has dedicated this musical offering to Cliff's memory.
Because Cliff was involved for so many years in liturgical and
musical performance, Thomas Binkley and the Early Music Institute will
present a program of appropriate music in Cliff's honor in April.
This performance is tentatively scheduled for Saturday evening,
April 9, in order to coincide with our annual Medieval Symposium
which Cliff and the Medieval Reading Circle founded.
We welcome all of Cliff's colleagues, students and friends to attend.
Larry Clopper
Medieval Studies Institute
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Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1993 12:39:56 GMT
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From: "Graham A. Runnalls"
Subject: Susannah and Daniel
I am proposing to do a comparative study of medieval plays
based on the Susannah and Daniel story. I know of one
version in French (part of the Mistere du Viel Testament),
one in English (Garter's Comedy of the Vurtuous Susannah)
and two sacre rappresentazioni in Italian, the Festa di
Susannah, ed. Bartholomaeis and the Florence text edted by
Nerida Newbigin). Does anyone know of any other versions?
Graham.A.Runnalls@ed.ac.uk
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Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1993 22:54:00 EST
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From: "Alan E. Knight"
Subject: Re: Susannah and Daniel
In-Reply-To: FREGARS AT SRV0.ARTS.EDINBURGH.AC.UK -- Tue,
9 Nov 1993 12:39:56 GMT
Graham,
In addition to the plays you mention, there is also the wonderful
Susannah play from Lille. I will send you a copy of the edited
text along with a paper I did last year for the Penn State Medieval
Theatre Conference, comparing the Lille Susannah with that of the
_Mystere du Vieux Testament_. Jesse Hurlbut brought a group of
students to the conference, who gave an exciting performance of
the Lille play about the pregnant abbess. At a workshop the next
evening they did a reading of the Susannah play in an English
translation I had made. The reading had moments of humour, but
overall it was quite moving. I'll be very interested (as I'm
sure will the other subscribers to PERFORM) in following the
results of your research in this area.
Alan Knight (aek@psuvm.edu)
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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1993 16:40:09 +1100
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From: Nerida Newbigin
Organization: Faculty of Arts, The University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Subject: Re: >Susannah and Daniel
Reply to: RE>>Susannah and Daniel
Dear Alan,
As an interested party, could I have a copy too, or details of where to find
it.
Nerida Newbigin (Department of Italian, University of Sydney, NSW 2006,
Australia)
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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1993 12:16:07 -0500
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From: Amelia Carr
Subject: Susannah and Daniel
Alan,
Would the copy of your paper from the Penn conference last spring and
other materials be something that we could put in the PERFORM archive? It
seems like that idea didn't go anywhere after Jesse Hurlbut's wonderful
paper. I was at the conference, and would love to have reference to that
material as well.
Amelia Carr, Allegheny College
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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1993 12:23:01 -0500
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From: REED Project
Subject: 8th International SITM Colloquium 1995
Call for papers
The Steering Committee for the Eighth International Colloquium has
been planning the shape of our meetings in Toronto August 2-9 1995. We
hope to devote one full day to each of the five topics that we
announced earlier. These topics are:
Carnival
Towards a definition of the morality genre
Survivals of early theatre in North America
The actor in early theatre: historic and modern perspectives
Sponsorship and control: the sociological context of early theatre
In keeping with the desire expressed by the General Meeting in Girona,
we will be assessing the proposals in order to to provide sessions
with a balance of presentations from the various languages, national
literatures and intellectual traditions. We will be calling on various
members of the society outside Toronto to help us with the assessments.
We look forward to receiving your proposal on any one of the topics in
the form of an abstract.
Due Date: 15 December 1993
Length: One page, double-spaced
Languages: We will accept abstracts in French, English, German,
Italian, and Spanish
Please send abstracts to: The Organising Committee
Eighth International Colloquium, SITM
c/o Records of Early English Drama
150 Charles Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5S 1K9
FAX: (416) 585-4596
E-Mail: SITMT@epas.utoronto.ca
We hope to respond to the submissions by mid-March, 1994.
If you have not already done so, please let us know as soon as you can
if we can reach you by E-Mail or Fax.
Alexandra F Johnston
for the Steering Committee
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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1993 12:36:28 -0500
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From: REED Project
Subject: Call for papers - 2nd International Conf. on Urban History
The 2nd International Conference on Urban History will be held in
Strasbourg 8-10 September 1994.
Your proposals are invited in particular for session 12, Civic Ritual
and Drama in the Renaissance City, being organised by Sandy Johnston
of REED.
Please send an outline of one page before 1 December 1993 to the
session organiser who will notify acceptance by the end of January 1994:
Professor Alexandra F Johnston
Records of Early English Drama
150 Charles Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5S 1K9
FAX: (416) 585 4696
E-Mail: ajohnsto@epas.utoronto.ca
Note that accepted speakers must send copies of their text (15 pages
[2500 chars or 420 words per page] including notes, maps, and figures)
before 15 June 1994 to both the session organiser and the Strasbourg
Co-ordinator, Professor Jean-Luc Pinol, Centre de recherces sur la
ville, 32 rue de l'Ail, 67000 Strasbourg, France (FAX 33.88.75.15.65).
The conference languages are French, English, and German.
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Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1993 13:43:00 EST
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From: Steve Wright
Subject: German Susanna plays
I'm embarrassed to admit that I've forgotten on which list the
query about medieval dramatizations of the Susanna story originally
appreared. I think it was here. If I'm wrong, I'm sure someone out
there will set me straight.
There are a few late examples from Germany:
1. An episode in the _Heidelberger Passionsspiel_, ed. Gustav
Milchsack (1880), ll. 1797-2190. The text was copied in 1514.
The Heidelberg play is unusual because of the way it violates
historical/Biblical chronology in order to mix OT episodes into
the Gospel narrative. Susanna and the Elders, for example, comes
between Christ healing lepers and the episode of the Woman Taken in
Adultery. The triumph of typology over chronology!
2. The Ingolstadt Corpus Christi play is lost, but a list
of guilds and their order in the procession survives, dating from
c. 1507. The fiftenth pageant was a Susanna scene.
3. One independent Susanna play survives: the _Wiener
Susannaspiel_ dating from the late 15th cent. It's 402 lines
long. There are two editions: Adelbert von Keller, _Fastnachtspiele
aus dem 15. Jahrhundert: Nachlese_ (1858), pp. 231-45. Karl
Schro:der, "Susanna," _Germania_, (1877), 342-51.
One could also check Bernd Neumann's massive compilation of
performance records for information about other lost versions.
I hope this helps--and I hope I posted it to the right list!
--Steve Wright
Catholic University
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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 11:34:16 +0000
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From: Mrs M Twycross
Subject: Re: Susannah and Daniel
In-Reply-To: from "Graham A. Runnalls" at Nov 9, 93 12:39:56 pm
Dear Graham, Apart from Virtuous and Godly, there's a Dutch Rederijkers'
play on the subject. Meg T.
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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1993 18:15:57 +0000
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From: Mrs M Twycross
Subject: Peregrini
Does anyone have any information (for the PhD student of a colleague of
mine) on recent work on Peregrinus plays? Anything will oblige! Meg Twycross
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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1993 18:22:29 +0000
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From: Mrs M Twycross
Subject: Advertised Chair
May I draw your attention to a Chair in English (any period) at Lancaster
University, just advertised in the THES and the Guardian Education? It isn't
tied to any particular period, and one of our research strengths is stated
to be 'medieval theatre'. If you are interested, ring (UK) 0524 846549
(Personnel Office, Bowland College, Lancaster University, LANCASTER LA1 4YT)
for further information. Closing date is 17th December. Or contact me as
m.twycross@uk.ac.lancaster. If you know anyone not on the medieval theatre
network who might be interested, could you let them know?
Meg Twycross
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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1993 20:05:52 EST
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From: Larry Clopper
Subject: Re: Advertised Chair
Meg--
Is thisposition available to anyone outside the UK?
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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1993 20:08:54 EST
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From: Jesse Hurlbut
Subject: Re: Peregrini
In-Reply-To: Message of Mon,
22 Nov 1993 18:15:57 +0000 from
You've probably already found this one, but for what it's worth,
here's an excerpt from Eckehard Simon's _The Theatre of Medieval Europe_
--the chapter on Liturgical Drama by Andrew Hughes (p. 54)
"In an article on the Peregrinus plays, Clyde Brockett does not distinguish
the liturgical sources from the Vulgate, and claims the plays are
independent ceremonies because the items and their melodies derive from
liturgical models. But Professor Rankin shows that a body of shared,
traditional, melodies in these plays demonstrates their relationships."
References:
Brockett, Clyde. "Easter Monday Antiphons and the Peregrinus Play."
Kirchenmusikalisches Jahrbuch 61/62 (1977-78): 29-46.
Rankin, Susan. The Music of the Medieval Liturgical Drama in France
and England. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of
Cambridge, 1981.
Jesse Hurlbut
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1993 11:46:12 -0500
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From: Steve Wright
Subject: Re: Peregrini
There is an excellent introduction to Peregrinus plays and their music
in Susan Rankin's "Liturgical Drama," in _The New Oxford History of
Music: Vol. 2, The Early Middle Ages to 1300_ (OUP 1990), pp. 337-43,
I hope this helps.
Steve Wright
Catholic University
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1993 13:06:38 -0500
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From: "William T. Flynn"
Subject: Re: Peregrini
In-Reply-To: <9311231537.AA23580@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu>
Rankin's dissertation is published:
Rankin, Susan. The Music of Medieval Liturgical Drama in France and
England. 2 vols. Outstanding Dissertations in Music from British
Universities, ed. John Caldwell. New York: Garland, 1989.
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William T. Flynn |"Musica . . . sensum regina
wtflynn@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu | tropis suis ornata" -Cassiodorus
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On Mon, 22 Nov 1993, Jesse Hurlbut wrote:
> "In an article on the Peregrinus plays, Clyde Brockett does not distinguish
> the liturgical sources from the Vulgate, and claims the plays are
> independent ceremonies because the items and their melodies derive from
> liturgical models. But Professor Rankin shows that a body of shared,
> traditional, melodies in these plays demonstrates their relationships."
>
> References:
>
> Brockett, Clyde. "Easter Monday Antiphons and the Peregrinus Play."
> Kirchenmusikalisches Jahrbuch 61/62 (1977-78): 29-46.
>
> Rankin, Susan. The Music of the Medieval Liturgical Drama in France
> and England. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of
> Cambridge, 1981.
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1993 19:01:58 +0000
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From: Mrs M Twycross
Subject: Re: Advertised Chair
In-Reply-To: from "Larry Clopper" at Nov 22, 93 08:05:52 pm
> > Meg--
> Is this position available to anyone outside the UK?
>
Yes, no reason why not - except that they've left them very little time
to apply. But in principle, it's open internationally, and they say
that they'd welcome such applications: reverse the brain drain?. The person
concerned is meant to add distinction to our research efforts ...
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Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1993 17:00:01 EST
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From: Jesse Hurlbut
Subject: Perform Owners and Addresses
Welcome to Larry Clopper who has joined as the new co-owner of Perform.
This change is mostly transparent for all of you, so you may continue to
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