English mystery plays : a selection /: a selection. (1975)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited with an introduction and notes by Peter Happé.
• Other Names: Happé, Peter
• Contents: The pre-Reformation Banns of the Chester cycle -- The fall of Lucifer (Chester) -- The creation, and Adam and Eve (Chester) -- The killing of Abel (Towneley) -- Noah (Towneley) -- Noah (Chester) -- Abraham and Isaac (Chester) -- Abraham and Isaac (Brome) -- Moses (York) -- Balaam, Balak and the prophets (Chester) -- The parliament of Heaven, the salutation and conception (Ludus Coventriae) -- Joseph (Ludus Coventriae) -- The Nativity (Ludus Coventriae) -- The first Shepherds' play (Towneley) -- The second Shepherds' play (Towneley) -- Introduction to the three kings (York) -- The adoration (York) -- The flight into Egypt (Towneley) -- The purification, and Christ with the doctors (Chester) -- The death of Herod (Ludus Coventriae) -- The Shearmen and Tailors' play (Coventry) -- John the Baptist (York) -- The temptation of Christ, and the woman taken in adultery (Chester) -- Lazarus (Towneley). The Passion play I : The Council of the Jews (Ludus Coventriae) ; The Last Supper (Ludus Coventriae) ; The betrayal (Ludus Coventriae) -- The buffeting (Towneley) -- The dream of Pilate's wife (York) -- The scourging (Towneley) -- The Crucifixion (York) -- The death and burial (York) -- The harrowing of Hell (York) -- The Resurrection (Towneley) -- Christ's appearances to the disciples (Ludus Coventriae) -- The Ascension (Chester) -- Pentecost (York) -- The assumption and coronation of the Virgin (York) -- Judgement Day (York).
• Publisher Details: London : Penguin
• Publication Date: 1975
• Extent: 1 online resource (720 pages)
• Subjects: 822; DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Mysteries and miracle-plays, English; English drama -- To 1500; English drama; Mysteries and miracle-plays, English; DRAMA / Medieval; Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval; Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780141921938; 0141921935
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