York Pageant Wagons - 2014 July 20
The Harrowing of Hell - the Church of St Luke the Evangelist
An whole-parish production - if you wanted a part, you got one
Prompter is in full view so must be in costume. For more than one of the mob-handed plays the director allowed spectacles - probably for basic safety reasons with people having to climb steps, etc.
The Resurrection - presented by The Company of Merchant Taylors
The Carpenters Pageant of
The Resurrection -
original text -
modernised text.
Spin doctoring is nothing new. In this play Pilate and the two high priests are initially very disturbed by the tomb having been found empty. But then Pilate works out a suitable story and calm is restored.
Pilate: Harken what that ye shall say
To ilka man both night and day:
That ten thousand men in good array
Came you until,
With force of arms bore him away
Against your will.
Thus shall ye say in ilka land,
And thereto on that same covenant
A thousand pound have in your hand
To your reward —
And friendship, sirs, ye understand,
Shall not be spared.
Thus shall the sooth be bought and sold,
And treason shall for truth be told.
The Last Judgement - The Company of Merchant Adventurers, with Pocklington School
I am not sure what the theological justification is for including a steampunk morris side! Such sides seem to be always mixed sex. Note the officers of the company in their robes in the background
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