English miracle plays, moralities and interludes : specimens of the pre-Elizabethan drama / edited, with an introduction, notes, and glossary, by Alfred W. Pollard

Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1927. Eighth Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #447196

Physical description; lxxii, 250p, [8] leaves of plates : ill, facsims ; 19cm. Contents; York play the barkers -- Noah's flood -- the sacrifice of Isaac -- secunda pastorum -- the salutation and conception -- Mary Magdalene -- the castell or castle of perseverance -- everyman -- John Rastell's the four elements -- Skelton's magnyfycence -- Heywood's the pardoner and the frere -- Thersytes -- Bale's King John -- mysterium resurrectionis -- ludus super iconia sancti Nicolai -- the harrowing of hell -- Brome play of Abraham and Isaac. Subjects; English drama To 1500. Mysteries and miracle-plays, English.

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