The Towneley plays
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.
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- Full title :The Towneley plays / edited by Garrett P.J. Epp.
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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.
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- Publication Date:2017
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University
- Place of Publication:Kalamazoo
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2017
The Physical Object
- Description:vii, 593 pages ; : 26 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781580442831, 1580442838, 9781580443043, 1580443044
- oclc:on1001340509
- LC Classification:PR1261
- Dewey Decimal:822/.2
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