CFP: PLAYING ROBIN HOOD: THEATRICALITY IN THE ROBIN HOOD TRADITION, IARHS Sponsored Session, 57th ICMS, Kalamazoo, 9-14 May 2022, FULLY VIRTUAL

 

PLAYING ROBIN HOOD: THEATRICALITY IN THE ROBIN HOOD TRADITION

 

This session is sponsored by the International Association for Robin Hood Studies.

 

From its inception, the Robin Hood tradition has incorporated aspects of the theatrical, including: early plays about Robin Hood performed at May games, Whitsun ales, and Robin Hood Revels; Early Modern drama about the outlaw; 18th-19th-century sung broadside ballads, Christmas plays, and operas; modern dramatic pieces; staged depictions of the outlaw in 19th-20th-century operas, pantomimes, burlesques; even 20th-21st-century films (watched in theaters) that employ elements of music and stagecraft. This session seeks 3-4 papers that explore any aspect(s) of how the theatrical has been employed to deliver the Robin Hood tradition to audiences.

 

The abstract should be 250 words. Indicate whether there will be supporting visuals.

 

Please send the abstract for your proposed paper by 1st September 2021 to

 

Lorraine K. Stock

University of Houston

lstock@uh.edu

CFP: IARHS-Sponsored Session, “Boundary-Breaking in the Theatrical Robin Hood Tradition,” IMC Leeds, July 4-7, 2022

 

CFP: IARHS-Sponsored Session, “Boundary-Breaking in the Theatrical Robin Hood Tradition,” IMC Leeds, July 4-7, 2022

The Robin Hood tradition has a history of performance and theatricality. In addition to the medieval ballads, Robin Hood stories were conveyed using elements of theatricality, including early plays performed at May games, Whitsun ales, and revels; Early Modern stage drama; 18^th- and 19^th-century sung broadside ballads, Christmas plays, and operas; modern dramatic pieces; staged depictions of the outlaw in 19^th and 20^th-century operas, pantomimes, burlesques; and film. Theatricality, broadly construed, employs elements of music, stagecraft, or scripting.  This session seeks papers that explore any aspect(s) of how theatricality has broken boundaries to deliver the Robin Hood tradition to audiences. Send electronic abstracts of 250 words to Lorraine Kochanske Stock, lstock@uh.edu, by September 1, 2021.