‘THAT GAM ME THOGHT WAS GOOD!’: Structuring Games into Medieval English Plays

• Autores: Philip Butterworth
• Localización: Medieval English theatre, ISSN 0143-3784, Nº. 43, 2022, págs. 191-223
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • It is well known to medieval theatre scholars that the medieval word game was used, in one of its senses, somewhat interchangeably with the medieval term play.¹ There is considerable evidence of the interchangeability of these terms in the prologues and epilogues of plays, where the terms of reference for the presentation are established and reinforced.² Additionally, in the synonymous relationship between game and play there are many references to ‘game players’, ‘game places’, and ‘game books’.³ However, even though some (theatrical) plays are recorded as games, the word game predominantly, both in the Middle Ages and today, possesses non-theatrical...