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Wakefield Plays: see Towneley Plays Towneley Plays, a cycle of 32 plays preserved in a manuscript of c.1460 by the Towneleys, a Lancashire family. Intended for production by the guilds of Wakefield, they are sometimes called the Wakefield Plays. ..... Click the link for more information. ; miracle plays miracle play or mystery play, form of medieval drama that came from dramatization of the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church. It developed from the 10th to the 16th cent., reaching its height in the 15th cent. ..... Click the link for more information. . |
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Perhaps the most interesting of them all are the Wakefield plays. |
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