SINCE 1998, the seven York guilds and companies, through
their charity York Festival Trust, have established a four-yearly cycle of
pageant waggon productions of York's internationally renowned Mystery Plays.
These large-scale productions have met with popular, critical and academic
acclaim and have involved people from across the community.
The open air performances – this year on July 13 and July 20
– hark back to the original spectacle of the medieval
Corpus Christi Day festivities and are truer in spirit to both the medieval
original and the 1950's revivals. No one owns these plays, but the guilds
perhaps have the greatest claim to be their guardians.
The guilds have created a flexible and sustainable waggon
play tradition. The last production in 2010 saw innovative use of the waggons
to create spectacular performances. By moving the waggons to playing stations
across the city, they reach a wide audience.
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