186: Exploring: N-Town, Plays 41 to 42 (Assumption of Mary & Judgement)

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Exploring: The N-Town Play, a slow burn look at a medieval Mystery (sort of) cycle. The N-Town Play comes to us as a single manuscript, but it's a compilation of various different sources - including elements from what looks like a cycle and various other large scale productions focusing on episodes from the Bible.
The journey ends with plays forty one and two - covering the Assumption of Mary and the last Judgement. It's the end of a long process, but we will be returning for planning of a full production in the coming year. Probably.
The Beyond Shakespeare Irregulars this episode were Eric Karoulla as Angel One, Paul, Demon One; Lois Potter as Doctor, Angel Two, Dominus/Deus, Ordo Angelorum; Alan Scott as Princeps Three, Peter, Michael; Elizabeth Amisu as Sapientia, Soldier, John, Gabriel; Sarah Blake as Maria, Demon Three; Lynn Freitas as Episcopus Legis, Chorus Martyrum; Rachael Nicole as Princeps One, Virgin One, All Salvati; Briony Sparrow as Princeps Two, Virgin Two, Resurgentes/Anime Dampnandum
The host was Robert Crighton, who also read Apostoli, Angeli, Demon Two, Demons.
There are various online and purchasable versions of these texts available - here's a good one, but is in the original middle English and might put you off - others should be hunted for to taste.
Play texts start here: https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/sugano-n-town-plays-play-41-assumption-of-mary
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