The York mystery plays. Death of Christ
Description
This production is part of the historic 1998 staging of the Corpus Christi Cycle in York, England, and captures the majesty and color of the original 14th- to 16th-century plays. Sponsored by the Company of Butchers, performed on a story wagon on the streets of York amidst an enraptured crowd, and using medieval materials and techniques, the performance strives for authenticity. The affecting play portrays the impact of the crucifixion on several very different people: Pilate, members of the Sanhedrin, the two thieves, Christ's mother, and the Roman centurion who accepts Christ as God's son.
Runtime
29 min
Subjects
Genre
Date of Publication
[2006], c1998
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
Similar Films
American passages. Utopian promise. [Episode 3]
Illiad, Episode 10 - The Trojan Horse
Frankenstein
The Glorious Romantics. Lord Byron, John Keats, and Percy Bysshe Shelley
Iliad, Episode 6 - Hera's Plan
The Circles of light. Divine comedy
Malory's le morte Darthur. Anatomy of a legend
The Age of Anxiety (1945-1969)
A prologue to Chaucer
Decameron Nights
Joyce, Yeats, and Wilde
Classical Greek philosophy
Inside the Medieval Mind. Knowledge
The Knights of Camelot