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Article: Anne Lancashire. London Civic Theatre: City Drama and Pageantry from Roman Times to 1558.
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- Comparative Drama
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- June 22, 2003
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Anne Lancashire. London Civic Theatre: City Drama and Pageantry from Roman Times to 1558. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Pp. xix + 355. $65.00.
Meg Twycross and Sarah Carpenter. Masks and Masking in Medieval and Early Tudor England. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2002. Pp. [x] + 418. 47.50 [pounds sterling].
The two books under review represent important contributions to the study of early English drama. Each is firmly based on the evidence of records of early performance, and neither engages in theoretical flights of fancy. Speculation, which is sometimes necessary, is always linked to possible options rather than to preconceived ...