2012

The Mystery Plays tell the story of mankind from Creation to Doomsday. 

Originally performed to audiences who were largely illiterate as a reinforcement of faith - the Crucifixion and Resurrection scenes being particularly telling - contemporary performances offer new connections with our living heritage.

The Lincoln plays have their origins in the tenth century when monks and clergy enacted key biblical extracts in order to educate and inform their congregation. Along with the cycles of York, Chester, Coventry, Lichfield and Wakefield, the plays were ‘lost’ and largely forgotten from the Reformation onwards.

This year we begin our production in the open air at the Medieval Bishop’s Palace for the Creation and Old Testament stories and concluding with the Passion and Doomsday in the Cathedral Cloisters after dark.

Performance dates are 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21 July. For more information and tickets, click here.

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