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CHESTER MYSTERY PLAYS
STAGING
MARK DORNFORD-MAY
[1992]
OS MISTÉRIOS DE CHESTER
Chester Cycle ( Sec. XIII )
AThe Cycle of the English Mysteries represented an extraordinary collaboration between the different English medieval communities. According to tradition, the representation of the history of Christianity from the creation of the world until the Last Judgment was done to celebrate The Feast of Corpus Christi , beginning on Thursday after the Trinity Sunday. The various workers' associations of each city, took responsibility for illuminating the Festival and setting up a scene of the cycle. The Fall of Lucifer, The Last Supper and the Resurrection of Christ
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