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GUEST,Chris Murray The Mysteries at Shakespeare's Globe (15) RE: The Mysteries at Shakespeare's Globe 09 Mar 11

In medieval times there were several 'cyles' of Mystery Plays. They weren't originally intended to be musical although I daresay it was possible to have a musical accompaniment. Some of them can very funny, especially the Wakefield Second Shepherds' play.

I once asked which Cycle was used by the National Theatre but no-one seemed to know. It's my guess that they used a mixture from the different Cycles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_play

Dunno if the above link will work but I just Googled and got Wikipedia.

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