REED North-East editors David Klausner and Mark Chambers took part in the annual ‘Meeting in the Middle’ Conference, held 8-9 April 2018 at Longwood University in Virginia, hosted by Professors Larissa Tracy and Stephen Isaac.
Dr. Klausner’s plenary on 9th April was entitled ‘Stage Management for a Crucifixion’, whilst Dr. Chambers spoke on ‘Serpents, Stags and Stagecraft: An Introduction to the Records of Early English Drama’ on 8th April. The two also awarded the annual Abels-Johnson Award for Excellence to Chelsey Collins of Mississippi University, for her paper on ‘”A Huge Eel Encircled his Loins and Cinched Tightly”: Sexual Scenes and Social Conflict in Medieval Ireland’.
The paper sessions were followed by a spirited student production of the Towneley Play of Herod, directed by Larissa Tracy. Below are some photo images from the event.
Conference Pogramme, photo credit: Mark Chambers
David Klausner and Mark Chambers, photo credit: Larissa Tracy
Plenary by Mark Chambers, Longwood University, 8th April 2018
Plenary by Mark Chambers, Longwood University, 8th April 2018
Plenary by Mark Chambers, Longwood University, 8th April 2018
Plenary by Mark Chambers, Longwood University, 8th April 2018; photo credit: Larissa Tracy
Plenary by David Klausner, Longwood University, 9th April 2018; photo credit: Larissa Tracy
Plenary by David Klausner, Longwood University, 9th April 2018; photo credit: Larissa Tracy
Plenary by David Klausner, Longwood University, 9th April 2018; photo credit: Larissa Tracy
Towneley Play of Herod, dir. Larissa Tracy, Longwood University, 9th April 2018
Towneley Play of Herod, dir. Larissa Tracy, Longwood University, 9th April 2018; photo credit: Mark Chambers
Towneley Play of Herod, dir. Larissa Tracy, Longwood University, 9th April 2018
Towneley Play of Herod, dir. Larissa Tracy, Longwood University, 9th April 2018
Towneley Play of Herod, dir. Larissa Tracy, Longwood University, 9th April 2018
David Klausner and Mark Chambers with conference organisers Larissa Tracy (left) and Stephen Isaac (right)