The Towneley Plays
Edited by Garrett P. J. Epp
Paperback (Published)
(February 2018)
ISBN: 9781580442831
8.31 x 10.28 inches
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(February 2018)
ISBN: 9781580443043
8.31 x 10.28 inches
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A collection of biblical plays in the Huntington Library’s MS HM 1. Once thought to constitute a cycle of plays from the town of Wakefield in Yorkshire’s West Riding, the collection includes some of the best-known examples of medieval English drama, including the much-anthologized Second Shepherds Play.
The Towneley plays are a collection of biblical plays in the Huntington Library’s MS HM 1, a manuscript once owned by the Towneley family of Towneley Hall, Lancashire. Once thought to constitute a cycle of plays from the town of Wakefield in Yorkshire’s West Riding, the collection includes some of the best-known examples of medieval English drama, including the much-anthologized Second Shepherds Play.
Introduction
1. The Creation
2. The Killing of Abel
3. Noah
4. Abraham
5. Isaac and Jacob
6. Pharaoh
7. The Advent Sequence
8. The Shepherds (1)
9. The Shepherds (2)
10. The Offering of the Magi
11. The Flight into Egypt
12. Herod the Great
13. The Purification of Mary
14. The Doctors
15. John the Baptist
16. Lazarus
17. The Conspiracy
18. The Buffeting
19. The Scourging
20. The Crucifixion
21. The Dice
22. The Harrowing of Hell
23. The Resurrection
24. The Pilgrims
25. Thomas of India
26. The Ascension
27. Judgment
Appendix: The Hanging of Judas
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes
Bibliography
Glossary
- Edited by Garrett P. J. Epp
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