Five plays adapted by Reg Mitchell
from the Wakefield Cycle.
The Creation - a drama 4M 4F. Adam and Eve fall from grace.
Noah - a knock-about comedy 4M 4F
The story of the flood and the building of the arc by Noah and his family.
The Second Shepherds Play - a comedy by the Wakefield Master. 5M 3F.
Mak the sheep-stealer is foiled and the shepherds find the baby Jesus.
The Resurrection - a drama 8M 4F
The soldiers guarding the tomb find it empty, but the Marys meet the ‘gardener’.
The Judgment - a drama 5M 5F plus angels and devils.
Mankind accounts for its sins.
Commissioned by the Sheffield Festival Director in 1992 and performed at the Crucible Theatre foyer, the city centre and the Abbeydale Industrial Museum. ‘The highlight of the festival’ (Sheffield Star.)
These adaptations may be performed singly as a one act play or in total as a full-length play. However, they are published together in one volume.
Casting as full length play with doubling : 8M 8F. Performing time : 2½ hours with interval.
ISBN : 1-904232-0
