Theatricality and narrative in medieval and early modern Scotland - McGavin, John J. (Ashgate, 2007)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-156) and index
Introduction : a witness fit for purpose -- The public scene -- Enacting revenge -- Theatre of departure -- From David Lindsay to Skipper Lindsay -- The barren show
John McGavin here analyses narrative accounts of public theatricality in late medieval and early modern Scottish culture (pre-1645). He shows that journals, memoirs and chronicles record events which were often ambiguous in genre, confrontational in action and aimed at both present and future 'spectators'. McGavin demonstrates that early Scottish culture is revealed as much in its processes of witnessing as in that which it claims to witness
Keywords: Geschichte 1300-1645; English drama; DRAMA / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; English drama / Scottish authors; Scottish drama; Theater; Geschichte; English drama -- Scottish authors -- History and criticism; Scottish drama -- History and criticism; Theater -- Scotland -- History; Theatralik; Erzählung; Schottland