LEMDO releases anthology of mayoral shows

Linked Early Modern Drama Online (LEMDO) has released the first version of the SSHRC-funded MoEML Anthology of Mayoral Shows (MoMS).

MoMS uses the LEMDO platform to bring early modern mayoral shows to life through critical editions of commemorative pageant books. These pageants were written by leading playwrights of the day as part of annual processions celebrating newly-elected London mayors.

Codenamed "Strange and Rare", this release publishes two peer-reviewed editions: Thomas Nelson's The Device of the Pageant (1590), edited by Laurie Ellinghausen; and Thomas Dekker's London's Tempe (1629).