The medieval religious drama is absorbing not only for itself but as a preparation for the golden age of Elizabethan drama. This important collection contains the famous morality play Everyman and a completely new selection of fifteen biblical pageants derived from the Latin liturgical drama of the medieval Church.
Contains
The Creation, and the Fall of Lucifer (York)
The Creation of Adam and Eve (York)
The Fall of Man (York)
Cain and Abel (N. town)
Noah's Flood (Chester)
Abraham and Isaac (Brome MS)
The Annunciation (Coventry)
The Second Shepherds' Pageant (Wakefield)
Herod the Great (Wakefield)
The Woman Taken in Adultery (N. town)
The Crucifixion (York)
The Harrowing of Hell (Chester)
The Resurrection (York)
The Judgment (York)
Everyman
Contains
The Creation, and the Fall of Lucifer (York)
The Creation of Adam and Eve (York)
The Fall of Man (York)
Cain and Abel (N. town)
Noah's Flood (Chester)
Abraham and Isaac (Brome MS)
The Annunciation (Coventry)
The Second Shepherds' Pageant (Wakefield)
Herod the Great (Wakefield)
The Woman Taken in Adultery (N. town)
The Crucifixion (York)
The Harrowing of Hell (Chester)
The Resurrection (York)
The Judgment (York)
Everyman