The clergy encouraged the staging of mystery plays from around 1350. Performed in English these taught the Christian stories to the people who could not read, nor understand the Latin used in church. The plays were locally written and produced and those from only four towns survive: Wakefield, Chester, Coventry and York.
The plays were suppressed in the Reformation but in recent years some have been resurrected.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Chester Players
Dedicated to promoting and advancing the art of magic. Founded at Pinoli's Restaurant in Wardour Street by twenty-three magicians on July 1st 1905.
First proposed in 1848, the gestation of the NT is complex (see the NT's own site). The first site for the NT was acquired in 1913, immediately behind the British Museum, at the corner of Gower Str...
Comedy actor. Born James Arthur Thomas Marsh in Sheffield to a couple of music-hall entertainers. When Jimmy's successful double act became old fashioned he restarted his career in television in t...
Novelist, playwright and essayist. Wrote "When we are married" and "An Inspector Calls".
TV presenter and all-round entertainer. Born Edmonton. Sunday Night at the London Palladium, The Generation Game, Play Your Cards Right, The Price Is Right, Strictly Come Dancing - the shows just...
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