Converting a Saul into a Paul in Matthew Medbourne's St Cecily, or, The Converted Twins (1666) - 19 .10. 2021, online conference

KRAJNÍK, Filip. Converting a Saul into a Paul in Matthew Medbourne's St Cecily, or, The Converted Twins (1666) - 19 .10. 2021, online conference. In English Theatre Culture 1660-1737 Online Symposium #2 : Theatre, Society and Politics, 19 and 21 October 2021, Brno, Masaryk University. 2021.

Basic information

• Original name: Converting a Saul into a Paul in Matthew Medbourne's St Cecily, or, The Converted Twins (1666) - 19 .10. 2021, online conference
• Authors: KRAJNÍK, Filip (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: English Theatre Culture 1660-1737 Online Symposium #2 : Theatre, Society and Politics, 19 and 21 October 2021, Brno, Masaryk University, 2021.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 60206 Specific literatures
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/21:00119580
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords (in Czech): Restaurační divadlo; náboženské drama; Matthew Medbourne; sv. Cecílie
• Keywords in English: Restoration theatre; religious drama; Matthew Medbourne; St Cecily
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

The paper argues that Matthew Medbourne's 1666 tragedy "St Cecily, or, The Converted Twins" is, in fact, a political drama reflecting on the religious situation in England in the first years after the Restoration, calling for religious freedom for the English Catholic minority.

Links

• GA19-07494S, research and development project: Name: Anglická divadelní kultura 1660-1737

Investor: Czech Science Foundation