The Second Shepherds' Play
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title:
The Second Shepherds' Play
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The Second Shepherds' Play is a famous medieval mystery play which is contained in the manuscript HM1, the unique manuscript of the Wakefield Cycle. These plays are also referred to as the Towneley Plays, on account of the manuscript residing at Towneley Hall. The plays within the manuscript roughly follow the chronology of the Bible and so were believed to be a cycle, which is now considered not to be the case.
This play gained its name because in the manuscript it immediately follows another n
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Medieval mystery play
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Second_Shepherds%27_Play
date created:
2005-11-03T23:19:16Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T15:24:59Z
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