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‘Players’ in Context: Determining Performance in Medieval Accountancy Records

Chambers, Mark

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Arguably the largest source of REED material of their kind so far collected, the accounts of Durham’s medieval monastic community provide evidence for plays, music, and performers from around the palatinate, including payments to istriones, joculatores, and ministralli performing for various occasions. With accountancy material, however, it can be difficult deciding if individual entries represent evidence of performers or performances per se, or what the nature of any performance might have been. This essay examines these issues in Durham’s accountancy records, looking particularly at Finchale Priory’s so-called ‘playerchambre’: instances in which evidence of ‘performance’ is uncertain and/or only determinable by wider consideration of context.

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Chambers, M. (2020). ‘Players’ in Context: Determining Performance in Medieval Accountancy Records. Early Theatre, 23(2), https://doi.org/10.12745/et.23.2.4383

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Dec 24, 2020
Publication Date 2020
Deposit Date Jan 8, 2021
Publicly Available Date Jan 8, 2021
Journal Early Theatre
Print ISSN 1206-9078
Electronic ISSN 2293-7609
Publisher Becker Associates
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 23
Issue 2
DOI https://doi.org/10.12745/et.23.2.4383
Keywords Medieval and early modern drama, performance, accounts
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1254169

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