Wednesday, December 8, 2010

The York Cycle

Several of the York cycle's plays have to do with the story of christmas, as the nativity play only discusses the journey to bethlehem and the actual birth of jesus. The other plays include "Annunciation and Visitation", when the angel tells Mary about her pending motherhood, "Joseph's Trouble about Mary", when an angel explains the situation to Joseph, and then the current play of the nativity. Following this are the "Shepherds", when they are told to find the baby jesus, "The Coming of the Three Kings to Herod", when the kings come to Herod and are told to tell Herod when they find the baby, and lastly the "Coming of the Kings: Adoration" when the kings reach baby jesus and anoint him. In total the York cycle consists of forty-eight plays. 

Woolf, Rosemary. The English Mystery Plays. Berkeley: University of California, 1972. Print.

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