159: Exploring: N-Town, Play 6 (Moses)

<div>Exploring: The N-Town Play, a slow burn look at a medieval Mystery (sort of) cycle. The N-Town Play comes to us as a single manuscript, but it's a compilation of various different sources - including elements from what looks like a cycle and various other large scale productions focusing on episodes from the Bible.<br> The journey continues with the Moses play. We haven't done that much on Moses elsewhere in the canon, he's clearly a tricky one to dramatise. He does pop up in Chester - albeit in passing...<br> <a href="https://audioboom.com/posts/2771878-chester-plays-5-1-balaam-and-balak">https://audioboom.com/posts/2771878-chester-plays-5-1-balaam-and-balak</a><br> And the character is in God's Promises by John Bale - here is his scene in isolation - <a href="https://audioboom.com/posts/7062086-god-s-promises-by-john-bale-act-4">https://audioboom.com/posts/7062086-god-s-promises-by-john-bale-act-4</a><br> And he pops up in Three Laws - which we looked at in exploring sessions on YouTube. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoLwd-aRmg45psh4ORNUpDJf">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoLwd-aRmg45psh4ORNUpDJf</a><br> The Beyond Shakespeare Irregulars this episode were Richard Fawcett and Alan Scott – with host, Robert Crighton.<br> There are various online and purchasable versions available - here's a good one, but is in the original middle English and might put you off - others should be hunted for to taste.<br> A play text: <a href="https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/sugano-n-town-plays-play-6-moses">https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/sugano-n-town-plays-play-6-moses</a> </div> <div>The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to <a href="https://patreon.com/beyondshakespeare">www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare</a> - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi <a href="https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare">https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare</a> - or if you want to give us some feed