"Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays
Rhys
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Quotes from this book
I am Death , that no man dreadeth. For every man I rest and no man spareth; For it is God's commandment That all to me should be obedient.
Everyman , stand still; whither art thou going Thus gaily? Hast thou thy Maker forget?
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- INTRODUCTIONSample
- EVERYMAN
- THE CHESTER PAGEANT OF THE DELUGE
- THE CHESTER PAGEANT OF ABRAHAM, MELCHISEDEC, AND ISAAC
- THE WAKEFIELD SECOND NATIVITY PLAY
- THE COVENTRY NATIVITY PLAY
- THE CRUCIFIXION
- THE MYSTERY OF THE THREE MARIES
- THE MYSTERY OF MARY MAGDALENE AND THE APOSTLES
- EXTRACTIO ANIMARUM AB INFERNO
- CHARACTERS
- GOD'S PROMISES
- CHARACTERS
- I.--THE YORK PAGEANTS
- II.--THE WAKEFIELD (OR WOODKIRK) PLAYS
- III.--THE CHESTER PLAYS
- IV--THE LUDUS COVENTRIÆ631
- I.--Properties and Dresses used for the Coventry Smiths' Pageant of the Trial, Condemnation, and Crucifixion of Christ between the Years 1449 and 1585
- II.--The Chester "Bannes" or Bans
- III.--Cornish Miracle Plays
- IV.--From "The Cornish Drama," by Henry Jenner
- V.--Contemporary Account of Sir David Lindsay's "Satire of the Three Estates"
- FOOTNOTES