The Towneley plays
By: edited by Garrett P.J. Epp
Series: Middle English texts series; Middle English texts (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Kalamazoo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 593
ISBN-13: 9781580442831
Subjects: Mysteries and miracle-plays, English; Christian drama, English (Middle); Pageants; English drama; English Bible plays; Towneley plays
Other titles: Towneley plays.
Description: The Towneley plays are a collection of biblical plays in the Huntington Library's MS HM 1, a manuscript once owned by the Towneley family of Towneley Hall, Lancashire. Once thought to constitute a cycle of plays from the town of Wakefield in Yorkshire's West Riding, the collection includes some of the best-known examples of medieval English drama, including the much-anthologized Second Shepherds Play.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.