Medieval World Drama

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

Faculty Members, University of Toronto

  • Jill Carter, Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies (CDTPS)
  • Antje Budde, CDTPS
  • Alexandra F. Johnston, English (Emerita)

Faculty Members Outside University of Toronto

  • Charlotte Steenbrugge, University of Sheffield
  • Jody Enders, UC-Santa Barbara

Staff Members, University of Toronto

  • Linda Phillips, Wardrobe Supervisor, CDTPS
  • Katherine Belyea, Communications Officer, Poculi Ludique Societas

Graduate Students, University of Toronto

  • Alexandra Atiya, Medieval Studies
  • Aria Kowal, (MA) Medieval Studies
  • Morgan Moore, Medieval Studies

Graduate Students Outside University of Toronto

  • Mary Maxine Browne, Purdue University
  • Delphine Li, Medicine, McMaster University

Undergraduate Students, University of Toronto

  • Kate Carracci, Psychology & English
  • Dylan Coley
  • Frank Cui, Economics
  • Iulia Hermenean, Drama Theatre & Performance Studies
  • Kurt Jiang, English
  • Lee Lahav
  • Meagan Mellor, English, Mediaeval and Renassance Studies
  • Andrew Mookerjea, VIC Literature & Critical Theory
  • Lochlan Moorlag, English
  • Lauren Saxberg
  • Trisha Valdes, English

Community Professionals

  • Monica Hultin, Early musician
  • Michaella Mairi Kinloch, Actor
  • Daning Li, Actor
  • Angie Lo, Actor
  • Savannah Lollo, Actor
  • Bruce Matthews, Actor
  • Karen Matthews, Actor
  • Aras Pabedinskas, Actor
  • Jane Smythe, Actor