The Home of the Cycle Plays: York, Chester, Coventry and Wakefield

Episode 54 In this episode we look at the way the cycle plays developed in the four major centres from where we have complete versions of the cycle: York, Chester, Coventry and Wakefield. The development of the York Plays Further details on the guilds and how they functioned in society The development of the Chester plays The development of the Coventry Cycle The development of the Wakefield cycle The N-Town cycle Manuscript The Wakefield cycle plays The literary merits of the plays For the list of plays and associated guilds from York see: www.thehistoryofeuropeantheare.com/blog Support the podcast here: www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com www.patreon.com/thoetp www.ko-fi.com/thoetp This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy