English Mystery Plays

By: Peter Happe

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Synopsis: Humour, pathos and suffering, and the culminating drama of the Crucifixion and Resurrection, give these plays a wonderful immediacy. Their action was conceived on a cosmic scale and all the enthusiasm and vitality of their writing is retained to this day. The energies of whole communities, notably at Chester, York and Wakefield, were devoted to their production and they were to influence later dramatists significantly. The grand design of the mystery plays was to celebrate the Christian story from 'The Fall of Lucifer' to the 'Judgement Day', and this volume contains thirty-eight plays, forming in itself a composite cycle and including almost all the incidents common to the extant cycles.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780141921938
Related ISBNs:: 9780140430936, 9780140430936, 9780140430936
Publisher:: Penguin Books Ltd
Date of Addition:: 07/23/20
Copyrighted By:: Penguin Books Ltd
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Drama, Plays and Theater
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Peter Happe
Introduction by:: Peter Happe