Drawing on broad research, this study explores the different social and theatrical masking activities in England during the Middle Ages and the early 16th centu

This series presents original research on theatre histories and performance histories; the time period covered is from about 1500 to the early 18th century.

No volume about the spectacles and public performances of early modern England could pretend to treat comprehensively a body of materials so conspicuously vast.

A Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture, c.1350-c.1500 challenges readers to think beyond a narrowly defined canon and conventional disciplinary

For at least 20,000 years, masking has been a mark of cultural evolution and an indication of magical-religious sophistication in society. This book provides a