‘The Law That Never Was — a Codicil: the case of The Just Vengeance’
METh 24 (2002) 104–115.

A review of the 1948 Lichfield Cathedral performances of Dorothy L. Sayers’ play The Just Vengeance as an officially approved contravention of the Lord Chamberlain’s ban on playing God on the stage, with reproductions of contemporary newspaper reports, photographs of the set and audiences, the programme and other documents.

‘“That Thin Skin”: Skipper Lindsay and the Language of Record’
METh 24 (2002) 15–31.

Examines an episode involving public disruption of theatre in 1580, recorded in the early-seventeenth-century memoirs of the Rev. James Melville. Issues such as memory, nostalgia, audience perceptions of theatre, and changing political contexts reveal themselves in the language of record.

‘Chester Mystery Plays: Cathedral Green, Chester, 30 June-19 July 2003. Directed by Robin Goddard’
METh 24 (2002) 141–145.

Review of the Chester Festival production of the cycle.