The REED London project aims to analyze the impact of different types of performance on the development of pre-modern London and its inhabitants. We do this by weaving together archival documentary materials related to the business of performance with contemporary accounts of London cultural and political events, as well as current scholarly research into British society and the evolution of London as a major metropolis.
The REED London project evolves from the Records of Early English Drama (REED) – a major long term research project, the focus of which is to re-situate understandings of theatre, performance, and music in England, Scotland and Wales between 1100-1650. REED London’s first phase of work focused on transliteration and encoding of records and editorial apparatus from three REED ‘legacy’ print collections: Inns of Court, Ecclesiastical London, and Civic London to 1558.
Work on REED London has been supported by the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, Bucknell University, the Records of Early English Drama, the Fulbright Canada Program, the Cultural Writing Research Collaboratory, and the work of many researchers and students.
