Poculi Ludique Societas

Mucedorus is in two weeks! Have a look at the spiffy poster below.

Early Theatre 16.2 (2013) will be available in print and online to subscribers in December. The contents include articles and notes on medieval, tudor, and later early modern drama, and the announcement of our three prizes for best essays in vols 14 and 15. Our Issues in Review section is a particularly lively discussion of Tudor drama by five high-achieving scholars.

—Helen Ostovich

Announcement of Essay Prize Winners for volumes 14 and 15.

Articles

Procula’s Civic Body and Pilate’s Masculinity Crisis in the York Cycle’s ‘Christ Before Pilate 1: The Dream of Pilate’s Wife’
      Kimberly Fonzo

Aural Space, Sonorous Presence, and the Performance of Christian Community in the Chester Shepherds’ Play
      Andrew J. Albin

Advertising Status and Legitimacy: or, Why Did Henry VIII’s Queens and Children Patronize Travelling Performers?
      James H. Forse

Theatre and/as Witchcraft: A Reading of The Late Lancashire Witches (1634)
      Charlotte A. Coffin

‘Wanton Females of All Sorts’: Spectatorship in The Antipodes
      Nova Myhill

Notes

‘For now hath time made me his numbering clock’: Shakespeare’s Jacquemarts
      Wendy Beth Hyman

Cupid’s Grand Polititian (1657)
      David McInnis

Issues in review

New Approaches to Earlier Tudor Drama

      Contributing Editor: Erin E. Kelly

Introduction: Why Attend to Earlier Tudor Drama
      Erin E. Kelly

John Rastell’s London Stage: Reconstructing Repertory and Collaborative Practice
      Maura Giles-Watson

Ecocritical Heywood and The Play of the Weather
      Jennifer L. Ailles

New Contexts for Early Tudor Plays: William Briton, an Early Reader of Gorboduc
      Laura Estill

‘To see the Playes of Theatre newe wrought’: Electronic Editions and Early Tudor Drama
      Brett D. Hirsch

(see Early Theatre‘s website for more information)

Luella Massey
1953–2013

We at PLS are mourning the loss of a great colleague, friend and long-time PLS supporter, Luella Massey. From stage managing Castle of Perseverance to manning the Chester 2010 concessions tent, Lou was always there for the big events, and ever ready to help and advise us through the years. We will miss you, Lou, more than words can express.

Read the complete obituary here.

WoW! MLA International Bibliography has highlighted PLS-associated project Performing the Queen’s Men!

And now for our milestone Website of the Week (WoW) #100…… | MLA International Bibliography

Have a look at this terrific resource! You can also order PQM DVDs from us.

U of T Magazine recently interviewed David Klausner about the history of our idiosyncratic name. Read the article here.

A new item has been added to our links page: Dispositio, the personal blog of PLS Board member Holger Schott Syme. One recent highlight was his participation in a fascinating discussion about the state of theatre in Toronto, with contributions from Jacob Zimmer (of Small Wooden Shoe) and David Ferry.

Dear friends of PLS,

Poculi Ludique Societas (PLS) is having its Annual General Meeting at 2pm on Sunday, February 24; in room 103 of the Lillian Massey Building at 125 Queen’s Park, Toronto. We would be delighted to see you there! Please contact us if you have any questions.

Cheers,
Katherine, PLS office manager

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We have added another performance of Three Farces From Three Lands, on Sunday night at 8pm.