The Mary Play Symposium
THE CENTRE FOR PERFORMANCE STUDIES IN EARLY THEATRE / POCULI LUDIQUE SOCIETAS
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).