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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="">Visit the Chester
2010 Website -- <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://chester.uwaterloo.ca"><span style="color: blue;">http://chester.uwaterloo.ca</span></a><br>
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<b>PERFORMANCE</b><br>
<b>CREATION TO JUDGEMENT - THREE DAYS - TWENTY-THREE PLAYS</b><br>
May 22 1pm. May 23 1pm. May 24 8am<br>
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO<br>
PWYC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: left;"
align="center"><span style="">During the reign of Elizabeth I, the
citizens of Chester performed their
ancient Catholic cycle of Biblical plays each year at Whitsuntide. From
the
Fall of Lucifer before Creation to the Last Judgment, each episode -
performed
on a wagon - rolled through the city streets in a three-day celebration
of the
old religion. In 1572, fearing the plays would cause "peril and danger
to
her majesty" in the form of a Catholic rebellion, Protestant preacher
Christopher Goodman demanded they be banned.<br>
<br>
Experience a new version of the Chester Cycle based on Goodman’s
description.
Over three days, a cast of over 300 will perform all twenty-three plays
on the
legendary PLS wagons at three viewing stations around Victoria College,
University of Toronto. To see all the plays, come all three days.<br
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="">SYMPOSIUM</span></b><span
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<b>DRAMA AND RELIGION 1555-1575: THE CHESTER CYCLE IN CONTEXT</b><br>
May 21-24, 2010<br>
(Register by May 7)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The Chester 2010 Symposium explores the Chester Cycle in its original
context,
and in the context of the concurrent Chester 2010 research-based
Performance.
We welcome registrants from the general public as well as registrants
affiliated with academic institutions.<br>
<br>
The program, in brief, includes a keynote address by Professor Paul
Whitfield
White (Purdue) and introductory addresses by Professors JoAnna Dutka
(Toronto)
and Alexandra Johnston (Toronto). Panel presentations include sessions
on the
Audience, the City, Faith and Doubt, and Text and Dramaturgy, and a
special
presentation by the Mapping Medieval Chester project, </span><span>sponsored
by the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies.</span><span
style=""> The concluding
round-table discussion will consider the Chester 2010 Performance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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