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Page i
THE PLAYS The plays of this edition are those dealing with the story of the
Nativity of Christ — from the Annunciation to the Adoration of the Shepherds - in
the four great English mystery cycles , the Chester , the Coventry or Hegge , the
York ...
THE PLAYS The plays of this edition are those dealing with the story of the
Nativity of Christ — from the Annunciation to the Adoration of the Shepherds - in
the four great English mystery cycles , the Chester , the Coventry or Hegge , the
York ...
Page ii
The plays of the other cycles exist in unique manuscripts . The manuscript of the
Coventry plays is in the British Museum , Cotton Vespasian D . VIII , dated 1468 .
My text is constructed from photographs of this manuscript . The manuscript of ...
The plays of the other cycles exist in unique manuscripts . The manuscript of the
Coventry plays is in the British Museum , Cotton Vespasian D . VIII , dated 1468 .
My text is constructed from photographs of this manuscript . The manuscript of ...
Page iii
My text is based on the reprint of the manuscript in Mr . George England ' s
edition for the EETS . 3 . EDITIONS THE CHESTER PLAYS . 1843 – 1847 .
Complete cycle . Chester Mysteries , ed . Thomas Wright , 2 vols . , Shakespeare
Society .
My text is based on the reprint of the manuscript in Mr . George England ' s
edition for the EETS . 3 . EDITIONS THE CHESTER PLAYS . 1843 – 1847 .
Complete cycle . Chester Mysteries , ed . Thomas Wright , 2 vols . , Shakespeare
Society .
Page iv
Complete cycle . York Mystery Plays , ed . Lucy Toulmin Smith . THE TOWNELEY
PLAYS . 1836 . Complete cycle . The Towneley Mysteries , ed . J . S . Stevenson ,
for the Surtees Society . 1836 . Play 13 ( T . IV ) . Five Myracle Plays , ed .
Complete cycle . York Mystery Plays , ed . Lucy Toulmin Smith . THE TOWNELEY
PLAYS . 1836 . Complete cycle . The Towneley Mysteries , ed . J . S . Stevenson ,
for the Surtees Society . 1836 . Play 13 ( T . IV ) . Five Myracle Plays , ed .
Page xv
This division appears even in the Chester cycle , where there is none between
the other Christmas plays . In the Towneley cycle the Nativity play was omitted . In
order to make two plays , much new material had to be introduced : in the Nativity
...
This division appears even in the Chester cycle , where there is none between
the other Christmas plays . In the Towneley cycle the Nativity play was omitted . In
order to make two plays , much new material had to be introduced : in 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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