Contents

Introduction

A Note on Books

Acknowledgements

The Pre-Reformation Banns of the Chester Cycle

The Plays

1. The Fall of Lucifer [Chester 1]

2. The Creation, and Adam and Eve [Ch.2]

3. The Killing of Abel [Towneley 2]

4. Noah [T.3]

5. Noah [Ch.3]

6. Abraham and Isaac [Ch.4]

7. Abraham and Isaac [Brome]

8. Moses [York 11]

9. Balaam, Balak and the Prophets [Ch.5]

10. The Parliament of Heaven, the Salutation and Conception [Ludus Coventriae 11]

11. Joseph [L.C.12]

12. The Nativity [L.C.15]

13. The First Shepherds’ Play [T.12]

14. The Second Shepherds’ Play [T.13]

15. Introduction to The Three Kings [Y.16]

16. The Adoration [Y.17]

17. The Flight into Egypt [T.15]

18. The Purification, and Christ with the Doctors [Ch.11]

19. The Death of Herod [L.C.20]

20. The Shearmen and Tailors’ Play [Coventry]

21. John the Baptist [Y.21]

22. The Temptation of Christ, and the Woman Taken in Adultery [Ch.12]

23. Lazarus [T.31]

The Passion Play I

24. The Council of the Jews [L.C.26]

25. The Last Supper [L.C.27]

26. The Betrayal [L.C.28]

27. The Buffeting [T.21]

28. The Dream of Pilate’s Wife [Y.30]

29. The Scourging [T.22]

30. The Crucifixion [Y.35]

31. The Death and Burial [Y.36]

32. The Harrowing of Hell [Y.37]

33. The Resurrection [T.26]

34. Christ’s Appearances to the Disciples [L.C.38]

35. The Ascension [Ch.20]

36. Pentecost [Y.44]

37. The Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin [Y.47]

38. Judgement Day [Y.48]

Notes

Glossary