Mak and the shepherds
Subtitle: a new acting version of the second Shepherds' Play from the Towneley cycle.
Contributors: Unity Theatre Society.
Series: "New Theatre" play service -- issue no. 16
Publisher: "New Theatre" play service in association with Unity Theatre Society
Published: 1950
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 18
Notes: "The second shepherds' play is contained in the Townley manuscript which dates from the fifteenth century. The manuscript contains thirty two plays which tell the biblical story from the Creation to the Passion of Christ. They are traditionally associatedwith Widkirk in Yorkshire and it is assumed that they were performed by thecrafts and guilds of Wakefield".