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Middle English Play Texts:

First page of Second Shepherds' Play manuscript
Start of the Second Shepherds' Play.
Huntington Library MS HM 1, fol. 38r.


The Wakefield Cycle
Introduction to the Towneley plays - TEAMS
The Towneley Cycle Manuscript - The Huntington Library
The Wakefield (Towneley) Cycle - TEAMS
The Wakefield (Towneley) Cycle - UMichigan
The Wakefield (Towneley) Cycle - Dr. Gerard NeCastro
           The Play of Noah - Harvard
           Herod the Great - Harvard
           Second Shepherds' Play - TEAMS
           Second Shepherds' Play - Bibliotheca Augustana
           Second Shepherds' Play - UCalgary


The York Cycle
Introduction - Clifford Davidson, TEAMS
Introduction - The British Library
Full Digitized Manuscript - The British Library
The York Corpus Christi Plays - TEAMS
The York Cycle - UMichigan
The York Plays - Dr. Gerard NeCastro
           York Play of the Crucifixion - Norton (.PDF)


The Chester Cycle
Introduction - Encyclopædia Britannica
The Chester Cycle - Dr. NeCastro
             Noah's Flood - Dr. NeCastro
The Chester Cycle (A Modernized Acting Edition) - A. F. Johnston


The N-Town Cycle
(aka Hegge Plays)

Introduction - Encyclopædia Britannica
Introduction - Douglas Sugano, TEAMS
Introduction - The British Library
Full Digitized Manuscript - The British Library
The N-Town Cycle - TEAMS
The N-Town Cycle - Dr. Gerard NeCastro
The N-Town Plays (Modernized) - A. F. Johnston


The Coventry Pageants
The Shearmen and Taylors' Pageant - Google Books
             The Coventry Carol [Lully lulla littell tiné child]


The Digby Plays
Full Digitized Manuscript - Bodleian Library
The Digby Plays - Google Books
           The Digby Mary Magdalen - TEAMS
           The Digby Mary Magdalen - Dr. NeCastro


Non-Cycle Plays
Croxton Play of the Sacrament - TEAMS
Non-Cycle Plays - Dr. NeCastro
           Brome Play of Abraham and Isaac
           Norwich Grocers' Play A
           Norwich Grocers' Play B
           Dux Moraud
           Hickscorner
           Lucidus and Dubius
           Mundus et Infans
           Occupation and Idleness (abridged)
           Occupation and Idleness (full)
           The Pride of Life
           Wisdom
           Youth
           The Croxton Play of the Sacrament


Everyman
The Everyman Page


Mankind
Mankind - Dr. NeCastro


Castle of Perseverance
Castle of Perseverance (Modernized) - A. F. Johnston


Mundus et Infans
Mundus et Infans - Dr. NeCastro


Robin Hood Plays
Three Plays of Robin Hood - Google Books




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