| Sacred Players: The Politics of Response in the Middle English Religious Drama Subjects: Mysteries and miracle-plays English -- History and criticism; English drama -- to 1500 -- History and criticism; Christianity and literature -- England -- History -- to 1500; Christian drama English (Middle) -- History and criticism; Theater -- England; Offering a unique historical perspective to the study of medieval English drama, Heather Hill-Vásquez in Sacred Players argues that different treatments of audience and performance in the early drama indicate that the performance life of the drama may have continued well beyond its traditional placement in medieval history and into the Reformation and Renaissance eras. |