Dr Robert Wright and colleagues from Ars Ludendi are currently presenting a short course on 'City and Spectacle: The York Mystery Plays as a cultural treasure'.
The sessions explore various aspects of the Mystery Play tradition in York, as a social and cultural artefact and as literary dramatic text. This includes study of the physical setting of the city streets and the organising capacity of the civic authorities and trade guilds, as well as study of selected texts through dramatised readings and musical performance. A walk along the route of the plays will take place on the afternoon of Sunday 27th April, starting from the Nunnery Lane car park at 2.00pm. If anyone else would like to join us for the walk, please contact the PLACE Office in advance. A small charge of £5.00 per head will be made for people who are not already signed on to the course.