{"191871":{"#nid":"191871","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Jakacki Publishes New Edition of Rarely Published Work \u0022The Play of Wit and Science\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Wit and Science,\u0022 edited by Diane Jakacki, third year Brittain Fellow, was recently published in \u003Cem\u003EThe Broadview Anthology of Medieval Drama\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp; Rarely published in modern critical editions, the original text exists within one manuscript at the British Library.\u0026nbsp;\u0022Wit and Science\u0022 is important to scholars of early modern drama as an example of the interlude form, meant to be performed as part of more complex celebrations at court and in great houses.\u0026nbsp;A reference at the end to \u0022our most noble King and Queen in especial\u0022 suggests that the writing of the play might have coincided with a celebration of one of Henry VIII\u0027s last two marriages and that it may have been performed for the King and his courtiers. The play includes stage directions for dancing and singing, including lyrics to three songs that almost certainly would have been accompanied by music composed by Redford.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJakacki specializes in Digital Humanities approaches to early modern English theatre and performance and book history. She is currently at work on a digital edition of Shakespeare and Fletcher\u0027s \u003Cem\u003EKing Henry the Eighth or All is True\u003C\/em\u003E for the \u003Cem\u003EInternet Shakespeare Editions\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Henrician interlude written by John Redford (1500-1547), composer and choirmaster at St. Paul\u0027s choir school."}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27725","created_gmt":"2013-02-13 11:41:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:37","author":"Carol Senf","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"191861":{"id":"191861","type":"image","title":"Diane Jakacki","body":null,"created":"1449179858","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:57:38","changed":"1475894841","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:21","alt":"Diane Jakacki","file":{"fid":"196300","name":"diane_jakacki.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/diane_jakacki_1.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/diane_jakacki_1.png","mime":"image\/png","size":26744,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/diane_jakacki_1.png?itok=LFrgg59D"}},"191901":{"id":"191901","type":"image","title":"The Play of Wit and Science","body":null,"created":"1449179858","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:57:38","changed":"1475894841","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:21","alt":"The Play of Wit and Science","file":{"fid":"196301","name":"-1.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/-1_1.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/-1_1.png","mime":"image\/png","size":125063,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/-1_1.png?itok=gAt5upXW"}}},"media_ids":["191861","191901"],"groups":[{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"9954","name":"Brittain Fellow"},{"id":"54931","name":"Digital humanities"},{"id":"58261","name":"early modern"},{"id":"3747","name":"literature"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:diane.jakacki@lmc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ediane.jakacki@lmc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}