The mystery play that carried Coventry Carol was traditionally performed at Corpus Christi, falling this year on 26th May. The song and play have only been preserved through acts of good timing and good luck, surviving the general loss of many period artefacts, royal suppression of its staging, and a devastating fire that destroyed the original document. Click here for an article tracing the troubled history of the song and the play cycle that carried it, with a video performing the song and telling of its first powerful hearing by the performer.