Martin Stevens examines the four extant complete cycles of Middle English mystery plays in light of the most recent research on the manuscripts, sources, and re

First published in 1993. Part of a series on medieval casebooks, this volume six looks at the Chester Mystery Cycle Play manuscripts and comparisons of the York

The later medieval English church is invariably viewed through the lens of the Reformation that transformed it. But in this bold and provocative book historian

An investigation into the connections between the York Plays, religious observance, and the role played by the city itself.

First detailed examination of theatricality in Chaucer and in Middle English literature and culture as a whole. Theatricality as a cultural process is vitally i