N-Town Plays
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The N-Town Plays (also called the Hegge Cycle and the Ludus Coventriae cycle) are a cycle of 42 medieval Mystery plays from between 1450 and 1500.
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Sources of the plays
The majority of the plays that make up the N-Town Cycle are based (some rather tenuously) on the Bible, while the others are taken from either Roman Catholic or folk tradition.
- The Proclamation of the Banns
- Play 1: Creation of Heaven & Fall of the Rebel Angels
- Play 2: Creation of World & Fall of Adam and Eve
- Play 3: Cain and Abel
- Play 4: Noah's Flood
- Play 5: Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac
- Play 6: Moses and the Ten Commandments
- Play 7: The Root of Jesse: Prophecies of the Savior
- Play 8: Joachim and Anna & the Conception of Mary
- Play 9: Joachim and Anne's Presentation of Mary at the Temple
- Play 10: The Marriage of Mary and Joseph
- Play 11: The Parliament in Heaven and the Annunciation
- Play 12: Joseph's Doubt About Mary
- Play 13: Mary's Visit to Elizabeth
- Play 14: The Trial of Mary and Joseph
- Play 15: The Nativity
- Play 16: The Annunciation to and Visitation of the Shepherds
- Play 17: (No play)
- Play 18: The Adoration of the Magi
- Play 19: The Purification
- Play 20: Slaughter of the Innocents
- Play 21: Christ and the Doctors in the Temple
- Play 22: The Baptism of Christ
- Play 23: The Parliament in Hell and the Temptation in the Desert
- Play 24: The Woman taken in adultery
- Play 25: The Raising of Lazarus
- Play 26: The First Passion Play: Lucifer and John the Baptist; Conspiracy Against Christ; Entry into Jerusalem
- Play 27: The Last Supper
- Play 28: Agony in the Garden & the Arrest of Christ
- Play 29: Christ's Passion: Herod's Boasting; Trial Before Annas & Caiphas
- Play 30: Death of Judas & Trials Before Pilate and Herod
- Play 31: Pilate's Wife, and the Second Trial Before Pilate
- Play 32: Procession to Calvary & Crucifixion of Christ
- Play 33: The Harrowing of Hell
- Play 34: Burial of Christ & Guarding of the Sepulchre
- Play 35: The Harrowing of Hell B: Christ's Appearance to Mary; Pilate Berates the Soldiers
- Play 36: The Three Marys at the Tomb of Christ
- Play 37: Christ's Appearance to Mary Magdalene
- Play 38: Christ's Appearance to Cleophas, Luke, and Thomas
- Play 39: The Ascension of Christ & the Selection of Matthias
- Play 40: Pentecost
- Play 41: Assumption of Mary Into Heaven
- Play 42: Last Judgment
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Editions of the plays
Some recent published editions of the N-town plays include:
- The N-Town Play: Cotton MS Vespasian D. 8. 2 vols. Ed. Stephen Spector. Oxford: Published for the Early English Text Society by the Oxford University Press, 1991.
- The Passion Play from the N-Town Manuscript, ed. Peter Meredith. Harlow: Longman, 1990
- The Mary Play from the N-Town Manuscript, ed, Peter Meredith. Harlow: Longamn, 1987.
A facsimile of the manuscript from the British Library was also published: The N-Town Plays: a facsimile of British Library MS Cotton Vespasian D VIII. Ed. Peter Meredith and Stanley J. Kahrl. Leeds: University of Leeds School of English, 1977.
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