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Medieval Street Performers Speak
- TDR: The Drama Review
- The MIT Press
- Volume 57, Number 4, Winter 2013 (T220)
- pp. 86-94
- Article
- Additional Information
The recent discovery of three 13th-century plays by the Egyptian dramatist Ibn Dāniyāl offers many new insights into the medieval theatre. The second of these plays provides detailed scripts and scenarios for street performers of this era, a type of record that does not exist for similar performances in Europe.