The Chester Mystery Cycle: A New Edition With Modernised Spelling

The Chester Mystery Cycle......Page 1
Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 7
Abbreviated References......Page 8
1. What is a "Mystery Cycle"?......Page 10
2. Chester's "Mystery Cycle": A Brief History......Page 12
3. The Text of the Cycle......Page 15
4. The Staging of the Cycle......Page 24
5. The Plays and the Modern Response......Page 27
6. Editorial Practice......Page 28
Editions......Page 30
Sources......Page 31
Background and Criticism......Page 32
The Post-Reformation Banns......Page 34
Play 1: The Fall of Lucifer......Page 44
Play 2: Adam and Eve: Cain and Abel......Page 56
Play 3: Noah's Flood......Page 80
Play 4: Abraham, Lot, and Melchysedeck: Abraham and Isaac......Page 95
Play 5: Moses and the Law: Balaack and Balaam*......Page 114
Play 6: The Annunciation and the Nativity......Page 131
Play 7: The Shepherds......Page 156
Play 8: The Three Kings......Page 181
Play 9: The Offerings of the Three Kings......Page 198
Play 10: The Massacre of the Innocents......Page 207
Play 11: The Purification of the Virgin Mary, and Christ's Appearance Before the Doctors......Page 224
Play 12: The Temptation of Christ, and The Woman Taken in Adultery......Page 238
Play 13: The Healing of the Blind Man, and the Raising of Lazarus......Page 250
Play 14: Christ at the House of Simon the Leper, Christ and the Moneylenders, and Judas's Plot......Page 268
Play 15: The Last Supper, and The Betrayal of Christ......Page 284
Play 16, Part 1: The Trial and Flagellation of Christ*......Page 299
Play 16, Part 2: The Crucifixion......Page 316
Play 17: The Harrowing of Hell......Page 333
Play 18: The Resurrection......Page 347
Play 19: Emmaus......Page 366
Play 20: The Ascension......Page 378
Play 21: Pentecost......Page 388
Play 22: The Prophets of Antichrist......Page 405
Play 23: The Coming of Antichrist......Page 419
Play 24: The Last Judgement......Page 445
Appendix— Selected Readings Preferred to those in the EETS Text......Page 470