Medieval Mystery Cycle
Welcome to the third incarnation of the Oxford Medieval Mystery Cycle! As in 2019 and 2022, this highlight of the Oxford medieval calendar offers a variety of plays in different medieval and modern languages, staged at several stations in the beautiful grounds of St Edmund Hall. Cycles of plays retelling stories from the Bible were a popular form of entertainment in the Middle Ages, which we are only too happy to revive for modern audiences. Admission is free and you are welcome to turn up at any time.
12.00: Extracts from Piers Plowman (Swonken ful harde) Middle English
12.30: The Nativity and Salutation (English Faculty) Middle English
13.00: The Innocents (Les perles innocentes) 16th-century French
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14.00: The Passion (Sorores Sanctae Hildae) Latin and German
14.30: The Harrowing of Hell (Medieval Germanists) Middle High German
15.00: The Last Judgement (Past and Present Teddy Students) Modern English
Date: 22 April 2023, 12:00 (Saturday, 0th week, Trinity 2023)
Venue: St Edmund Hall, Queen's Lane OX1 4AR
Venue Details: Front Quad, Churchyard, and Broadbent Garden
Speaker: Various Speakers
Organising department: The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
Organisers: Michael Angerer (University of Oxford), Professor Henrike Lähnemann (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: medieval@torch.ox.ac.uk
Hosts: Oxford Medieval Studies (University of Oxford), St Edmund Hall (University of Oxford), TORCH (University of Oxford)
Booking required?: Not required
Booking url: https://medieval.ox.ac.uk/2023/04/09/oxford-medieval-mystery-plays-2023/
Booking email: medieval@torch.ox.ac.uk
Cost: free
Audience: Public
Editor: Henrike Laehnemann