170: Exploring: N-Town, Plays 11 to 13 (Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth)

<div>Exploring: The N-Town Play, a slow burn look at a medieval Mystery (sort of) cycle. The N-Town Play comes to us as a single manuscript, but it's a compilation of various different sources - including elements from what looks like a cycle and various other large scale productions focusing on episodes from the Bible.<br> The journey continues with plays eleven to thirteen - we were going to do fourteen as well, but we ran out of time.<br> The Beyond Shakespeare Irregulars this episode were Francis Cox, Eric Karoulla, Lois Potter, Kyle A. Thomas, Alan Scott, Tamara Ritthaler, Daniel Yabut, Helen Good. The host was Robert Crighton<br> <br> There are various online and purchasable versions of these texts available - here's a good one, but is in the original middle English and might put you off - others should be hunted for to taste.<br> Play texts start here: <a href="https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/sugano-n-town-plays-play-11-parliament-of-heaven-salutation-and-conception">https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/sugano-n-town-plays-play-11-parliament-of-heaven-salutation-and-conception</a> </div> <div>The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to <a href="https://patreon.com/beyondshakespeare">www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare</a> - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi <a href="https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare">https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare</a> - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at admin@beyondshakespeare.org, follow us on Twitter, Facebook &amp; Instagram @BeyondShakes or go to our website: <a href="https://beyondshakespeare.org/">https://beyondshakespeare.org</a><br> You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel where (most of) our exploring sessions live (apart from N-Town) - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLa4pXxGZFwTX4QSaB5XNdQ">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLa4pXxGZFwTX4QSaB5XNdQ</a><br> The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is hosted and produced by Robert Crighton.</div>