This group is a gathering of academics, performers, students, and friends in Toronto who want to expand our knowledge of premodern drama beyond England. We meet roughly once a month during the school year to cold-read and discuss dramatic texts from before 1550 (and preferably before 1500), in present-day English translation from any language other than English. Cold-reading – introducing all group members to the text for the first time by reading it live, together – is the core. It ensures that the group is truly accessible while also encouraging our members to interact with dramatic texts first and foremost as performance – live, embodied, and aloud.
Lead
- Matthew Sergi, A&S English
Faculty Members, University of Toronto
- Jill Carter, Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies (CDTPS)
- Alexandra F. Johnston, English (Emerita)
Faculty Members Outside University of Toronto
- Charlotte Steenbrugge, University of Sheffield
- Aida Jordao, York University
Graduate Students, University of Toronto
- Alexandra Atiya, Medieval Studies
- Morgan Moore, Medieval Studies
- Lauren Saxberg, CMS
- Tallulah Valliere-Paul, Classics
Graduate Students Outside University of Toronto
- Mary Maxine Browne, Purdue University
Undergraduate Students, University of Toronto
- Dylan Coley
- Julian Fung
- Meagan Mellor, English, Mediaeval and Renaissance Studies
- Lochlan Moorlag, English
Staff, University of Toronto
- Linda Phillips, Wardrobe Supervisor, CDTPS
- Katherine Belyea, Communications Officer, Poculi Ludique Societas
Community Members, Outside University of Toronto
- Michaella Mairi Kinloch, Actor
- Kurt Jiang, UTSG alumnus, digital humanist
- Angie Lo, Actor
- Bruce Matthews, Actor
- Karen Matthews, Actor
- Jane Smythe, Actor