Last Supper, First Communion: Some Staging Challenges in N. Town and the Huy Nuns' Play Based on Deguileville's Pelerinage de la vie humaine

Elisabeth Dutton; Liv Robinson

Last Supper, First Communion: Some Staging Challenges in N. Town and the Huy Nuns' Play Based on Deguileville's Pelerinage de la vie humaine

Elisabeth Dutton, Liv Robinson

English Literature

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Abstract

This article explores the staging of the communion wafer, its transformation and its ontological status in a Middle English and a Burgundian play. Each of these plays focus upon the role and condition of the Eucharistic wafer and its genesis, whether in Biblical or allegorical terms, and we explore the challenges and potential of the live performance of these pieces of medieval theatre. We draw on our analyses of the scripts, of medieval manuscript illuminations and other types of medieval art, and of our own experiences of the plays in our contemporary performances of them.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Medieval English Theatre 44
Editors	Meg Twycross, Sarah Carpenter, Elisabeth Dutton, Gordon L Kipling
Publisher	Boydell and Brewer
Chapter	5
Pages	124-160
Number of pages	37
ISBN (Electronic)	9781805430438
ISBN (Print)	9781843846499
Publication status	Published - Jun 2023

Publication series

Name	Medieval English Theatre
Publisher	Boydell and Brewer
Volume	44
ISSN (Print)	0143-3784

Bibliographical note

OPEN ACCESS COMPLIANCE NOTE: This journal was the most appropriate venue for publishing this research. The publisher has contacted me to advise the following – “At the moment, we’re asking that articles are not placed in open repositories – because of the conflict with our general OA policy – and suggesting that there’s a link to the book’s page on our website, for information. We are however keeping this policy under constant review, in the light of changes and developments in the field”.
***UPDATE 27.9.23: We requested, and received, additional funding from the funder of the research project which gave rise to this article (the SNSF) to make the article open access through the publisher's website. I have therefore updated the Pure record to reflect this.***

Keywords

NTown
Huy
Eucharist
wafer
convent
nuns
allegory
Bible
performance

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Dutton, E., & Robinson, L. (2023). Last Supper, First Communion: Some Staging Challenges in N. Town and the Huy Nuns' Play Based on Deguileville's Pelerinage de la vie humaine. In M. Twycross, S. Carpenter, E. Dutton, & G. L. Kipling (Eds.), Medieval English Theatre 44 (pp. 124-160). (Medieval English Theatre; Vol. 44). Boydell and Brewer. https://openaccess.boydellandbrewercms.com/publications/-268385/medieval-english-theatre-44

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Dutton, E & Robinson, L 2023, Last Supper, First Communion: Some Staging Challenges in N. Town and the Huy Nuns' Play Based on Deguileville's Pelerinage de la vie humaine. in M Twycross, S Carpenter, E Dutton & GL Kipling (eds), Medieval English Theatre 44. Medieval English Theatre, vol. 44, Boydell and Brewer, pp. 124-160. <https://openaccess.boydellandbrewercms.com/publications/-268385/medieval-english-theatre-44>

Last Supper, First Communion: Some Staging Challenges in N. Town and the Huy Nuns' Play Based on Deguileville's Pelerinage de la vie humaine. / Dutton, Elisabeth; Robinson, Liv.
Medieval English Theatre 44. ed. / Meg Twycross; Sarah Carpenter; Elisabeth Dutton; Gordon L Kipling. Boydell and Brewer, 2023. p. 124-160 (Medieval English Theatre; Vol. 44).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

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Last Supper, First Communion: Some Staging Challenges in N. Town and the Huy Nuns' Play Based on Deguileville's Pelerinage de la vie humaine

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