Mysteries and miracle-plays
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- Pageants
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- Religious drama
- Theater
- Bible
- Bible -- History of Biblical events
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- Bible -- Drama
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- Mysteries (Dramatic)
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Miracle Plays and Sacred Dramas: A Historical Survey (London: Trübner and Co., 1880), by Karl von Hase, ed. by William Walrond Jackson, trans. by A. W. Jackson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ancient Mysteries Described: Especially the English Miracle Plays, Founded on Apocryphal New Testament Story, Extant Among the Unpublished Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: Printed for W. Hone, 1823), by William Hone, illust. by George Cruikshank
- Bibliographical and Textual Problems of the English Miracle Cycles (London: A. Moring, 1914), by W. W. Greg
- Stage Properties, Costumes, Scenery and Music of the English Miracle Plays (University of Illinois masters thesis, 1906), by Allie V. Parks
- Records of Early English Drama: York (2 volumes; Toronto et al.: University of Toronto Press, c1979), ed. by Alexandra F. Johnston and Margaret Rogerson
- The Staging of the "Miracles de Nostre Dame Par Personnages" of MS. Cangé (New York: Institute of French Studies, Columbia University, c1933), by Dorothy Penn (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Study of the Noah and Isaac Miracle Plays, With Reference to Their Sources and Anachronisms (University of Illinois thesis, 1903), by Stella Webster Morgan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Ancient Cornish Drama (translation of the Ordinalia plays; 2 volumes; Oxford: At the University Press, 1859), ed. by Edwin Norris
- The N-Town Plays, A Modernization (c1999), ed. by Stanley J. Kahrl and Alexandra F. Johnston (HTML at chass.utoronto.ca)
- "Everyman," With Other Interludes, Including Eight Miracle Plays (London: J. M. Dent and Sons; New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., reprinted 1914), contrib. by Ernest Rhys (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The N-Town Cycle, ed. by Gerard NeCastro (HTML at Maine)
- The York Plays, ed. by Richard Beadle (HTML at Michigan)
- Christian Rite and Christian Drama in the Middle Ages: Essays in the Origin and Early History of Modern Drama (originally published 1965; open access edition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), by O. B. Hardison (HTML and PDF files with commentary at Project MUSE)
- The Creation of the World, With Noah's Flood, Written in Cornish in the Year 1611 (London: Printed for J. B. Nichols, 1827), by William Jordan, ed. by Davies Gilbert, trans. by John Keigwin (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Old Cornish Drama: With Illustrations From Ancient Cornish Sacred Poems and Miracles Plays of Other Lands (A Lecture) (London: E. Stock, 1906), by Thurstan C. Peter
- The Ancient Cornish Drama (translation of the Ordinalia plays; 2 volumes; Oxford: At the University Press, 1859), ed. by Edwin Norris
- The N-Town Plays, A Modernization (c1999), ed. by Stanley J. Kahrl and Alexandra F. Johnston (HTML at chass.utoronto.ca)
- York Plays: The Plays Performed by the Crafts or Mysteries of York, on the Day of Corpus Christi, in the 14th, 15th, and 16th Centuries (reprint, originally published 1883; New York: Russell and Russell, 1963), ed. by Lucy Toulmin Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Towneley Plays (EETS extra series #71; London: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by H. Milford, 1897, reprinted 1952), ed. by George England, contrib. by Alfred W. Pollard (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Chester Plays: A Collection of Mysteries Founded Upon Scriptural Subjects, and Formerly Represented by the Trades of Chester at Whitsuntide (2 volumes; London: Printed for the Shakespeare Society, 1843-1847), ed. by Thomas Wright
- A Collection of English Miracle-Plays or Mysteries: Containing Ten Dramas from the Chester, Coventry, and Towneley series, With Two of Latter Date; To Which is Prefixed, An Historical View of This Description of Plays (Basel: Schweighauser and Co., 1838), ed. by William Marriott (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Digby Plays; With an Incomplete "Morality" of Wisdom, Who is Christ (EETS extra series #70; London: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by K. Paul, Trench, N. Trübner and Co., 1896), ed. by Frederick James Furnivall
- English Miracle Plays, Moralities, and Interludes: Specimens of the Pre-Elizabethan Drama (fifth edition; Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1909), ed. by Alfred W. Pollard (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Five Miracle Plays, or Scriptural Dramas (London: Privately printed, 1836), ed. by John Payne Collier (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Harrowing of Hell: A Miracle-Play Written in the Reign of Edward the Second, Now First Published From the Original Manuscript in the British Museum, With an Introduction, Translation, and Notes (London: John Russell Smith, 1840), ed. by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps (multiple formats at Google)
- Ludus Coventriae: A Collection of Mysteries, Formerly Represented at Coventry on the Feast of Corpus Christi (London: Printed for the Shakespeare Society, 1841), ed. by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Ludus Coventriae: or, The Plaie Called Corpus Christi, Cotton Ms. Vespasian D. VIII (EETS extra series #120; London et al.: Pub. for the Early English Text Society, by H. Milford, Oxford University Press, c1922), ed. by K. S. Block
- The N-Town Cycle, ed. by Gerard NeCastro (HTML at Maine)
- The Non-Cycle Mystery Plays, Together With the Croxton Play of the Sacrament and the Pride of Life (EETS extra series #104; London: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., 1909), ed. by Osborn Waterhouse
- The Old Miracle Plays of England, by Netta Syrett, illust. by Helen Thorp (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- A Rosary of Mystery Plays: Fifteen Plays Selected from the York Cycle of Mysteries Performed by the Crafts on the Day of Corpus Christi in the 14th, 15th and 16th Centuries (Albany, NY: Press of F. H. Evory, 1915), trans. by Margaret S. Mooney (page images at HathiTrust)
- Three Chester Whitsun Plays (Chester: Phillipson and Golder, 1906), ed. by Joseph Cox Bridge (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Towneley Plays, ed. by George England (HTML at Michigan)
- History of the Holy Trinity Guild, at Sleaford, With an Account of its Miracle Plays, Religious Mysteries, and Shows, As Practiced in the Fifteenth Century (Lincoln: E. B. Drury, 1837), by George Oliver (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Second Shepherds' Play, Everyman, and Other Early Plays (Boston et al.: Houghton Mifflin Co., c1910), ed. by Clarence Griffin Child (page images at HathiTrust)
- Two Coventry Corpus Christi Plays: 1. The Shearmen and Taylor's Pageant, Re-edited from the Edition of Thomas Sharp, 1825; and 2. The Weavers' Pageant, Re-edited from the Manuscript of Robert Croo, 1534; With a Plan of Coventry, and Appendixes Containing the Chief Records of the Coventry Plays (EETS extra series #87; London: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1902), ed. by Hardin Craig
- The York Plays, ed. by Richard Beadle (HTML at Michigan)
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Filed under: Drama, Medieval -- History and criticism- Christian Rite and Christian Drama in the Middle Ages: Essays in the Origin and Early History of Modern Drama (originally published 1965; open access edition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), by O. B. Hardison (HTML and PDF files with commentary at Project MUSE)
- Des Essais Dramatiques Imités de l'Antiquité au XIVe et au XVe Siècle (in French; Paris: A. Durand, 1852), by Alexis Chassang
- A Yaqui Easter (c1971), by Muriel Thayer Painter (illustrated HTML with commentary at Wayback Machine)
- Die Sezession in der Dramatischen Kunst und das Volksfestspiel, Mit Einem Rückblick auf die Passion von Oberammergau (in German; Munich: G. Müller, 1911), by Georg Fuchs (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Everyman, ed. by A. C. Cawley (HTML at Michigan)
- Everyman, ed. by John Skot (illustrated HTML at Renascence Editions)
- The Castle of Perseverance: A Modernization (c1999), ed. by Alexandra F. Johnston, contrib. by David M. Parry (HTML at chass.utoronto.ca)
- Recently Recovered "Lost" Tudor Plays, With Some Others: Comprising Mankind; Nature; Wit and Science; Respublica; Wealth and Health; Impatient Poverty; John the Evangelist; Note-Book and Word-List (facsimile reprint of Early English Drama Society edition; London: C. W. Traylen, 1966), ed. by John Stephen Farmer (Gutenberg text)
- Six Anonymous Plays, First Series (c. 1510-1537): Comprising Four Elements; The Beauty and Good Properties of Women (Usually Known as Calisto and Melibaea); Every Man; Hickscorner; The World and the Child; Thersites; Note-Book and Word-List (facsimile reprint of Early English Drama Society edition; London: C. W. Traylen, 1966), ed. by John Stephen Farmer (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Castle of Perseverance (London and Edinburgh: Issued for subscribers by T. C. and E.C. Jack, 1908), ed. by John Stephen Farmer (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Castle of Perseverance, ed. by Gerard NeCastro (HTML at Maine)
- Recently Recovered "Lost" Tudor Plays, With Some Others: Comprising Mankind; Nature; Wit and Science; Respublica; Wealth and Health; Impatient Poverty; John the Evangelist; Note-Book and Word-List (London: Priv. print. for subscribers by the Early English Drama Society, 1907), ed. by John Stephen Farmer (multiple formats at archive.org)
- English Miracle Plays, Moralities, and Interludes: Specimens of the Pre-Elizabethan Drama (fifth edition; Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1909), ed. by Alfred W. Pollard (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Macro Plays: 1. Mankind (Ab. 1475); 2. Wisdom (Ab. 1460); 3. The Castle of Perseverance (Ab. 1425) (EETS extra series #91; London: Early English Text Society, 1904), ed. by Frederick James Furnivall and Alfred W. Pollard (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Six Anonymous Plays (Second Series): Comprising Jacob and Esau; Youth; Albion, Knight; Misogonus; Godly Queen Hester; Tom Tyler and His Wife; Note-Book and Word-List (London: Priv. print. for subscribers by the Early English Drama Society, 1906), ed. by John Stephen Farmer (page images at HathiTrust)
- "Everyman," With Other Interludes, Including Eight Miracle Plays (London: J. M. Dent and Sons; New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., reprinted 1914), contrib. by Ernest Rhys (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
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