Message-Id: <9402141742.AA22372@MIT.EDU>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 94 12:43:42
From: kgandek@MIT.EDU (Kathryn Gandek-Tighe)
To: carolingia@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
Subject: [mdm@sparc2.CV.COM (Michael McAfee): News from Alexys]

>                She recently purchased a multi-volume (~900 pages)
>        set called _The Medieval Stage_ by E. K. Chambers.  It not
>        only has stuff about mummings, but minstrels, fools (both
>        guild and court), sacred plays, secular plays, etc. etc.
>        It has both copies of original manuscripts and their 
>        translations, plus notes and bibliographies galore.
>
>        In service,
>        Christian von Jaueregk, Known Footstool

Which reminds me of a project I haven't had a chance to get around to...  
I have a much beloved set of Chambers that I don't let out of my grasp, so 
dear it is to my heart.  However, last Pennsic I picked up a second set of 
Chambers (for a fraction of what I paid for the first set).  I considered 
keeping them for lending purposes; I considered offering them for sale; I 
considered offering them as the prize for some sort of a theatrical 
contest.  Due to other distractions (due date for baby is 3 weeks, 3 days 
and I'm counting!), I haven't done anything with them.

If anyone has any bright ideas for a theatrical contest (oriented towards 
research/execution not acting ability given the prize) or desperately 
wants to buy the set, contact me.  I can't recall the price right now, but 
I'd love to see them given a home where they'll be well used.

I should add that most of the theory in Chambers is way out of date with 
modern research (since it was written turn of the century), but it's a 
great source for original descriptions without all the paraphrasing you 
frequently find in more recent books on the subject.

Catrin
kgandek@mit.edu (until 2/25)