High Places and Travelling Scenes: Some Observations on the Staging of the <em>York Cycle</em>

Authors

  • Martin W. Walsh University of Michigan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12745/et.3.1.594

Abstract

An argument for a more expanded use of the platea in staging certain (earth-bound) plays of the York Cycle, based on the experience of producing Abraham and Isaac for the 1998 Toronto project. Extended 'travelling scenes' focusing upon a high point (naked hill or elevated temple or castle) are found throughout the Cycle, suggesting that significant playing at street-level with a culminating action on the wagon-top was a distinct possibility for many plays of the Cycle.

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Published

2000-01-01

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2000): The York Cycle Then and Now

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