172: Exploring: N-Town, Plays 18 to 20 (Kings, Purification, Herod)

<div> <strong>Exploring: The N-Town Play</strong>, 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 plays eighteen to twenty (<strong>there is no play 17! Or is there...</strong>) - looking at the appearance of the Magi, the Purification of Mary and a fond farewell to horrible Herod.<br> The Beyond Shakespeare Irregulars this episode were Eleanor Wilkinson, Francis Cox, Eric Karoulla, Lois Potter, Alan Scott, Lynn Freitas, and Helen Good. The host was Robert Crighton.<br> <br> There are various online and purchasable versions of these texts 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> Play texts start here: <a href="https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/sugano-n-town-plays-play-18-magi">https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/sugano-n-town-plays-play-18-magi</a><br> 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><br> You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel where (most of) our exploring sessions live (apart from N-Town) - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLa4pXxGZFwTX4QSaB5XNdQ">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLa4pXxGZFwTX4QSaB5XNdQ</a><br> The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is hosted and produced by Robert Crigh