Of people and places: Urban gendering in the English plays
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2009
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Adam Mickiewicz University
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The paper examines interconnections between gender and the civic landscape in the flood pageants
in the English mystery plays (York, Towneley, N-Town and Chester). The marital conflict
between Noah and his wife is discussed in the context of the urban physical and spiritual world
that provides a double backdrop for the play. The geometry of human sin and divine insight is
analysed and textile references are investigated to reveal the spatial and professional affiliation of
the characters. The silent potential of the urban setting that enriches the theatrical power of the
plays and transforms the events presented on stage into a medieval interactive game between the
actors and the audience is discussed.
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Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, vol. 45.2 (2009), pp. 161-172