A cycle of medieval mystery plays performed by various groups around St Edmund Hall, including groups of Spanish, French, Italian, and German students and a number of MML lecturers. A multilingual medieval experience not to be missed! All welcome (free of charge)!
Full information and video recordings of the Medieval Mystery Cycle 2019 can be found here.
Directors: Henrike Lähnemann & Lesley Smith, Manager: Eleanor Baker
At 12 noon, the chapel bell will ring for Creation to commence in the Old Dining Hall. From there the story of mankind will unfold, with the Old Testament being acted out in the Front Quad and the New Testament in the churchyard around St Peter-in-the-East.
Old Dining Hall – 12 noon: Creation & Fall
Front Quad – 12:30: Killing of Abel, Noah, Abraham
Churchyard – 13:30: Visitation, Shepherds, Magi (Spanish), Herod the Great, Execution of John the Baptist (French), Crucifixion, Lamentation (Italian), Resurrection (German)