THE CENTRE FOR PERFORMANCE STUDIES IN EARLY THEATRE / POCULI LUDIQUE SOCIETAS

presents

The Mary Play Symposium

Saturday, November 7

Centre for Medieval Studies
(125 Queen’s Park at Bloor)
Room 310

11-12    Chair: David Klausner

  • Alexandra Johnston, “The Mary Play – One hidden treasure among many: The Puzzle of the N-Town Manuscript Revisited”

12-1:30    Lunch

1:30-3:00    Chair: Alexandra Johnston

  • Bert Fuller, ‘Queen and Child: Mary in Chaucer’s An ABC and the Mary Play
  • Amanda Wetmore, “Holy Desire in the N-Town Mary Play”
  • Sarah Star “Reading Marian Devotion: N-Town’s Nativity Play and Mary Play

3:00-3:30    Coffee Break

3:30-4:30    Roundtable on the production with Linda Phillips to direct the discussion.

The afternoon coffee break will be provided. Participants are invited to explore near-by pubs and coffee-shops for lunch.

The production of the play by Poculi Ludique Societas will be Friday November 6 and Saturday November 7 at 7:30 pm in St Stephen In-the-Field Anglican Church 103 Bellevue Ave (at the corner of Bellevue and College on the south side of College between Spadina and Bathurst).

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