Magic on the Early English Stage

Magic on the Early English Stage
Author: Philip Butterworth
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2005-10-06
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780521825139

An original investigation into conjuring tricks and stage magic on the medieval stage.

Popular Culture in the Middle Ages

Popular Culture in the Middle Ages
Author: Josie P. Campbell
Publisher: Popular Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1986
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780879723392

The culture of the Middle Ages was as complex, if not as various, as our own, as the essays in this volume ably demonstrate. The essays cover a wide range of tipics, from church sculpture as "advertisement" to tricks and illusions as "homeeconomics."