John White Alexander and the Construction of National Identity: Cosmopolitan American Art, 1880-1915
by Sarah J. Moore
Using original rubrics from some 1,200 manuscripts, this book documents
performance of the liturgical drama from the tenth through the sixteenth
centuries. It lays out the staging space and traces the movements of the
performers on architectural ground plans. The rubrics reveal a wealth of
information about the creating of character through ecclesiastical vestments
and other costumes. It also includes a surprising range of directives for
voice, gesture, and dumb show. The book provides a major theatrical source
book for students and scholars in the field of drama. Illustrated. Sarah J. Moore is Assistant Professor of Art History in the School of Art, University of Arizona.
