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English mystery plays : a selection
Title:
English mystery plays : a selection
Author:
Happe, Peter.
ISBN:
9780140430936
Publication Information:
Baltimore : Penguin Books, 1975.
Physical Description:
713 p. ; 18 cm.
Series:
The Penguin English library ; EL93
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).
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