The N-Town Plays
by: Douglas Sugano (Editor)
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Corresponding Material between N-Town and Other Late Medieval English Plays
- The N-Town Plays
The Banns (Proclamation)
1. Creation of Heaven; Fall of Lucifer
2. Creation of the World; Fall of Man
3. Cain and Abel
4. Noah
5. Abraham and Isaac
6. Moses
7. Root of Jesse
The Mary Play (Plays 8–11 and 13)
8. Joachim and Anne
9. Presentation of Mary in the Temple
10. Marriage of Mary and Joseph
11. Parliament of Heaven; Salutation and Conception
12. Joseph’s Doubt
13. Visit to Elizabeth
14. Trial of Mary and Joseph
15. Nativity
16. Shepherds
17. Note for Play 17 [There is no Play 17 in the manuscript]
18. Magi
19. Purification
20. Slaughter of the Innocents; Death of Herod
21. Christ and the Doctors
22. Baptism
23. Parliament of Hell; Temptation
24. Woman Taken in Adultery
25. Raising of Lazarus
Passion Play 1 (Plays 26–28)
26. Conspiracy; Entry into Jerusalem
27. Last Supper; Conspiracy with Judas
28. Betrayal; Procession of Saints
Passion Play 2 (Plays 29–34)
29. Herod; Trial before Annas and Cayphas
30. Death of Judas; Trials before Pilate and Herod
31. Satan and Pilate’s Wife; Second Trial before Pilate
32. Procession to Calvary; Crucifixion
33. Harrowing of Hell (1)
34. Burial; Guarding of the Sepulcher
35. Harrowing of Hell (2); Appearance to Mary; Pilate and Soldiers
36. Announcement to the Marys; Peter and John at the Sepulcher
37. Appearance to Mary Magdalene
38. Cleophas and Luke; Appearance to Thomas
39. Ascension; Selection of Matthias
40. Pentecost
41. Assumption of Mary
42. Judgment Day
- Explanatory Notes
- Textual Notes
- Bibliography
- Glossary