The N-Town Mystery Plays

Titre:
Date:	Troisième quart du XV^e siècle
Langue:	Anglais
Genre:	Mystère
Forme:	Vers
Contenu:	Cycle de mystères
Incipit:	PRIMUS VEXILLAT[OR]. Now, gracyous God, groundyd of all goodnesse, As þi grete glorie nevyr begynnyng had, So þu socour and saue all þo þat sytt and sese, And lystenyth to oure talkyng with sylens stylle and sad…
Explicit:	… OMNES DAMPNANDI A, mercy, Lord, mekyl of myght, We aske þi mercy and not þi ryght; Not after oure dede so us quyth. We haue synnyd. We be to blame. DEUS [texte incomplet de la fin]
Voir aussi:	Théâtre

Manuscrits

Éditions anciennes

Éditions modernes

The N-town Plays: A Facsimile of British Library MS Cotton Vespasian D VIII. With an Introduction by Peter Meredith and Stanley J. Kahrl, Leeds, University of Leeds, School of English (Leeds Texts and Monographs. Medieval Drama Facsimiles 4), 1977.
The Mary Play (from N-Town), éd. Peter Meredith, London, Longmans, 1987.
The Passion Play (from N-Town), éd. Peter Meredith, London, Longmans, 1990.
The N-Town Play, éd. Stephen Spector, EETS S.S. 11-12, 1991, 2 t.

Traductions modernes

en anglais:
- The N-Town Plays: A Modernization by Stanley J. Kahrl and Alexandra F. Johnston, Toronto, University of Toronto, 1999. [www]

Études

Russell, Jeffrey Burton, Lucifer: the Devil in the Middle Ages, Ithaca et London, Cornell University Press, 1984, 356 p. [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2]
Traduction:
- Russell, Jeffrey Burton, Il diavolo nel medioevo, Roma, Laterza, 1987, 369 p.