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100 1 _aBucknell, Peter A.
_d1923-
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aEntertainment and ritual, 600 to 1600 /
_cby Peter A. Bucknell ; with illustrations by the author.
260 _aLondon :
_bStainer and Bell,
_c1979.
300 _a223 p. :
_bill., coats of arms, maps, plans ;
_c26 cm.
500 _aCol. ill. on lining papers.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 _t1 In the Church: the mysteries --
_t2 In the Church: play-making becomes ambitious --
_t3 In the streets & the town square: commercial theatre --
_t4 In the schools: instruction versus entertainment --
_t5 In the home: courtly pleasures & pageantry --
_t6 In the countryside: underground theatre, secret worship & dancing.
520 _a"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
650 0 _aTheater
_xHistory.
650 0 _aAmusements
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