Title: The 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.
Subjects: Mysteries and miracle-plays, English, Christian drama, English (Middle), Pageants, English drama, English Bible plays, Towneley plays
Places: England, Wakefield
Time periods: To 1500