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Journal Article
Rubin and Mercator: Grotesque Comedy in the German Easter Play
2002
Overview
On the rather slim basis of the antiphon for Mark 16:1, a character known as Mercator or Institor entered the Latin liturgical drama as early as the 11th century. In the German-speaking area, Mercator acquired a complete household: a shrewish wife, often accompanied by her maid, as well as a brace of servants, first and foremost among them Rubinus or Rubein. Rubin is in fact the first in a long line of German clowns. There is ample evidence in the rubrics and implied stage directions to reconstruct much of the gestic repertoire and physical comedy of this most un-Paschal intruder into the Easter Play. The \"Innsbrucker Thüringisches Osterspiel\" of 1391, a manuscript of Thuringian provenance, is examined in detail. Its Mercator interlude is the longest and most coherent of the lot.
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Comparative Drama, Department of English, Western Michigan University,Western Michigan University,Western Michigan University, Dept. of English,Western Michigan University, Department of English
