By Peter Ackroyd
Reaktion Books £20
Peter Ackroyd has given us another sweep through history, roaring through the centuries. This time, we learn about the origins of spoken performance in England and how the art of ac ting has developed.
He takes us from the sacred rituals and liturgical dramas of the 11 th century, through the miracle plays, morality plays and mystery plays up to the 1560s and the emergence of professional actors who are ‘well arranged
