Records of Early English Drama: Editorial Support

FAIN: RQ-50237-06

University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA 98416-5000)
Peter H. Greenfield (Project Director: November 2005 to June 2009)

Preparation for publication of county records of early English drama, including the two-volume merged Cheshire and updated Chester collection, the Ecclesiastical London collection, and the London: Inns of Court collection. (24 months)

This application requests NEH funding to support the REED editorial office at the University of Toronto, in order to bring the research of U.S. editors to reputable, accurate publication. Records of Early English drama is an established international collaboration to identify, transcribe, edit and publish records of dramatic activity in the British Isles before 1642.

Media Coverage

Ecclesiastical London (Review)
Author(s): Peter Davison
Publication: The Library
Date: 9/16/2011
Abstract: Review of the Ecclesiastical London collection in Library, 10, no. 2 (2009): 206-207.
URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/ecclesiastical-london-ed-by-mary-c-erler-records-of-early-english-drama/oclc/424646328&referer=brief_results

Cheshire including Chester. Records of Early English Drama (Review)
Author(s): Claire Sponsler
Publication: Arthuriana
Date: 12/1/2007
Abstract: Review of Cheshire,commenting especially on the additional material located since the publication of Chester in 1979.

Cheshire (including Chester). Records of Early English Drama, 19 (review) (Media Coverage)
Author(s): C.M. Fitzgerald
Publication: Journal of English and Germanic Philology
Date: 9/18/2011
Abstract: This is the latest set of volumes from the Records of Early English Drama project, which seeks to edit and present "all records before 1642 of dramatic, musical, and ceremonial activity" in England (p. cxciii), and, in its sister project RED (Records of Early Drama), in Wales and Scotland. The Cheshire edition "incorporates an updated and revised edition" of Clopper's 1979 REED: Chester. In these latest volumes, activity regarded as dramatic "ranges from visiting professional players to the Chester Whitsun play to plays performed by the scholars and the townsmen in Congleton to isolated incidents involving mimicry." Music and musicians "cover the entire social range" outside of ecclesiastical music. The selection criteria for "ceremonial activity has been limited to secular events." Visits by royalty or nobility are included only if they "were accompanied by mimetic ceremony, music, or drama," although a list of all such visits is included in an appendix. Also included are animal sport
URL: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/egp/summary/v108/108.1.fitzgerald.html

Cheshire including Chester (review) (Review)
Author(s): Peter Happe
Publication: Comparative Drama
Date: 9/18/2011
Abstract: This, the latest contribution to the growing and impressive Records of Early English Drama collection, offers high standards of textual presentation and provides a rich insight into many aspects of dramatic activity in the city of Chester and the county in which it is situated. In spite of the uniformity of outward appearance, however, the individual volumes in the REED collection give very different insights into the individual counties and cities upon which they are focused, and it seems important to draw attention here to the strengths and particular emphases of this new volume.
URL: http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/comparative_drama/v042/42.2.happe.html

In Their Own Words" : Records of Early English Drama, Ecclesiastical London (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Erik Kraft
Publication: University of Chicago Magazine
Date: 9/18/2011
Abstract: Announcement and description of publication of REED: Ecclesiastical London.
URL: http://magazine.uchicago.edu/books/2009/07/records-of-early-english-drama.html

Ecclesiastically-Sponsored Theatre in London, 1422-1642 (Media Coverage)
Publication: Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section Newsletter
Date: 9/18/2011
Abstract: Announcement/description of REED Ecclesiastical London, which makes extensive use of documents held by the Guildhall Library.
URL: http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/newsletter10.htm

Associated Products

REED: Cheshire including Chester (Book)
Title: REED: Cheshire including Chester
Editor: David Mills
Editor: Lawrence M Clopper
Editor: Elizabeth Baldwin
Abstract: Part of "The Records of Early English Drama" series, this book presents a collection of documentary evidence for dramatic performance, minstrelsy, and civic ceremony in Cheshire, including additions to REED Chester (1979). It provides introductions detailing the historical background and significance of the documents presented, as well as document descriptions, textual notes and glossaries.
Year: 2007
Primary URL: http://www.archive.org/details/cheshireinclreed01clopuoft
Primary URL Description: Internet Archive edition.
Secondary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/records-of-early-english-drama-cheshire-including-chester/oclc/138279642&referer=brief_results
Secondary URL Description: WorldCat listing.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Type: Scholarly Edition
ISBN: 978-0-8020-9

"Bring furth the pagants" : essays in early English drama presented to Alexandra F. Johnston. (Book)
Title: "Bring furth the pagants" : essays in early English drama presented to Alexandra F. Johnston.
Editor: Karen S Marsalek
Editor: David N Klausner
Abstract: Written to honour the distinguished work and career of Alexandra F Johnston, this work brings together essays in early English drama by colleagues and students of the founder and director of the Records of Early English Drama series.
Year: 2007
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/bring-furth-the-pagants-essays-in-early-english-drama-presented-to-alexandra-f-johnston/oclc/86076748&referer=brief_results
Primary URL Description: WorldCat listing
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Type: Edited Volume

REED: Ecclesiastical London (Book)
Title: REED: Ecclesiastical London
Editor: Mary Erler
Abstract: Presents the ecclesiastically-generated records of London, notably its parishes and St Paul's Cathedral. This volume addresses topics such as parish calendar customs such as hocking and maying, parish pageant cars and costumes, and the popularity of Palm Sunday prophets throughout London.
Year: 2008
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/records-of-early-english-drama-ecclesiastical-london/oclc/181602799&referer=brief_results
Primary URL Description: WorldCat listing.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Type: Scholarly Edition
ISBN: 978-0-8020-98

Patrons and Performances Web Site (Web Resource)
Title: Patrons and Performances Web Site
Author: Jason Boyd
Author: Sally-Beth MacLean
Author: Alan Somerset
Abstract: The REED Patrons and Performances Web Site is designed to include a wide range of data about professional performers on tour in the provinces – their patrons, the performance venues they used and the routes they took across the kingdom. By the end of the grant period, data from all 18 published REED volumes had been uploaded to the database, and information on performance venues added for 14 of the 18.
Year: 2006
Primary URL: http://link.library.utoronto.ca/reed/
Primary URL Description: Gateway page for Patrons and Performances database.

Monks, Minstrels and Players: Drama in Hampshire before 1642 (Book)
Title: Monks, Minstrels and Players: Drama in Hampshire before 1642
Author: Jane Cowling
Author: Peter H Greenfield
Abstract: A history of dramatic and musical activity in Hampshire up to 1642, based on the authors' research for an upcoming edition in the Records of Early English Drama series.
Year: 2008
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/monks-minstrels-and-players-drama-in-hampshire-before-1642/oclc/268928338&referer=brief_results
Primary URL Description: WorldCat listing
Publisher: Hampshire County Council
Type: Multi-author monograph

REEDing (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: REEDing
Author: Barbara D Palmer
Abstract: A dramatized presentation of selections from Records of Early English Drama editions, with Sally-Beth MacLean, University of Toronto; Alan Somerset, University of Western Ontario; Peter H. Greenfield, University of Puget Sound; Ralph Cohen, American Shakespeare Center; and actors from the Mary Baldwin College MFA program.
Date: 10/12/2007
Conference Name: Blackfriars Conference, Staunton, Virginia

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