TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bucknell,Peter A.
TI  - Entertainment and ritual, 600 to 1600 / 
SN  - 0852494440
AV  - PN2101 .B76
U1  - 792.0942 20
PY  - 1979///
CY  - London : 
PB  - Stainer and Bell, 
KW  - Theater
KW  - History
KW  - Amusements
N1  - Col. ill. on lining papers; Includes index; 1 In the Church: the mysteries --; 2 In the Church: play-making becomes ambitious --; 3 In the streets & the town square: commercial theatre --; 4 In the schools: instruction versus entertainment --; 5 In the home: courtly pleasures & pageantry --; 6 In the countryside: underground theatre, secret worship & dancing
N2  - "The skills of the designer, the wide knowledge of the historian of drama and the practical experience of the director come together in this book, in which Peter Bucknell writes and draws the story of early dramatic presentation from the early Middle Ages to the Elizabethan theatre, tracing its origins in entertainment and ritual, sacred and secular. A book for all students of all ages.....and anyone with a love of the theatre." -- Book Jacket
ER  -