num_pages: 50
description: Lisl Beer adapted this famous play from the Towley Manuscript of Old English. As observed in FaceBook The play is actually two separate stories presented sequentially; the first is a non-biblical story about a thief Mak who steals a sheep from three shepherds. He and his wife Gill attempt to deceive the shepherds by pretending the sheep is their son. The shepherds are fooled at first. However they later discover Mak's deception and toss him on a blanket as a punishment.
language: English
title: The Second Shepherd's Play
publisher: Branden Books