161: Exploring: N-Town, Play 7 (Jesse Root)

<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 play seven, a prophets play - a bit of a breather before we get to the opening of the Nativity sequence.<br> The Beyond Shakespeare Irregulars this episode were Liz Cole, Mark Scanlon, 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-7-root-of-jesse">https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/sugano-n-town-plays-play-7-root-of-jesse</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 feedback, email us at admin@beyondshakespeare.org, follow us on Twitter, Facebook &amp; Instagram @BeyondShakes or go to our website: <a href="https://beyondshakespeare.org/">https://beyondshakespeare.org</a> </div>