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Page viii
Two points should be noted in regard to this play : first , the original Christmas
play is a Shepherds ' Play ; second , the prophecy of Isaiah is retained from the
account of the birth of Christ in Matt . 1 . 23 . The next step in the development of
the ...
Two points should be noted in regard to this play : first , the original Christmas
play is a Shepherds ' Play ; second , the prophecy of Isaiah is retained from the
account of the birth of Christ in Matt . 1 . 23 . The next step in the development of
the ...
Page xi
Other important additions are the shepherds ' journey to Bethlehem , their song
on the way , and their salutation - lyrics , all of which appear in the English plays ,
and the last two of which do not appear in the Scriptural or Apocryphal accounts .
Other important additions are the shepherds ' journey to Bethlehem , their song
on the way , and their salutation - lyrics , all of which appear in the English plays ,
and the last two of which do not appear in the Scriptural or Apocryphal accounts .
Page xii
The origin and history of this sermon - play I have discussed in the notes to Y . I .
1 – 144 and 1 - 132 ; let me here again call attention to the significant
combination of the prophet - element and the shepherd - element , resulting , in
the English ...
The origin and history of this sermon - play I have discussed in the notes to Y . I .
1 – 144 and 1 - 132 ; let me here again call attention to the significant
combination of the prophet - element and the shepherd - element , resulting , in
the English ...
Page xiv
We have seen in the Shepherds ' Play that the adoption of the Apocryphal
version was largely due to the appearance of the midwives in the liturgical drama
; it seems quite as probable that the absence of Apocryphal details in the ...
We have seen in the Shepherds ' Play that the adoption of the Apocryphal
version was largely due to the appearance of the midwives in the liturgical drama
; it seems quite as probable that the absence of Apocryphal details in the ...
Page xv
This is the division of the Officium Pastorum into two parts , a Nativity play and a
Shepherds ' play . This division appears even in the Chester cycle , where there
is none between the other Christmas plays . In the Towneley cycle the Nativity ...
This is the division of the Officium Pastorum into two parts , a Nativity play and a
Shepherds ' play . This division appears even in the Chester cycle , where there
is none between the other Christmas plays . In the Towneley cycle the Nativity ...
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| Title | Yale Studies in English, Volumes 38-39 Yale Studies in English |
| Published | 1909 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 27 Sep 2007 |
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