Lessons in "Hopping": The Dance of Death and the Chester Mystery Cycle

Oosterwijk, Sophie

doi:10.1353/cdr.2002.0021

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“…Also going outside the medieval drama for comparison is Sophie Oosterwijk’s‘Lessons in “Hopping”: The Dance of Death and the Chester Mystery Cycle’ (2002), which argues for links between the Chester Slaughter of the Innocents and the danse macabre . Barbara D. Palmer, in ‘Cycling Through High Water to Hell’ (2007) looks at the six surviving Noah plays, examining three dramatic elements: structure, performance requirements, and mnemonic cues triggered by figuration or typology.…”

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Reading the Chester Cycle

Baldwin¹

2011

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This article reviews recent (1998–2008) work on the Chester cycle of medieval drama. Recent thought on the cycle has been fundamentally affected by the letters of the Puritan divine Christopher Goodman, which show the Chester cycle being revised and altered right up to its final performance in 1575. The works discussed primarily cover post‐Reformation issues, with a focus on authority and control, both inside and outside the play. These concerns also inform articles on such other topics as sponsorship, audience response, and gender. Staging is discussed in several articles, as are the thematic and pragmatic functions of the Expositor. Many of the articles are also comparative, linking the Chester cycle with the York, Towneley, or N. Town plays, as well as other art and literature, both medieval and modern.

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