Aren't regional 'mstery plays' a great thing?
Traditionally, and deliberately, the actors are recruited from the local populace, so their performances are raw and uneven. The old-English text of the plays is anachronistic and strange. The whole idea is to be flexible and even to ad-lib... The old Bible stories are not as familiar as the might be to a modern audience.
But, somehow, it all works. It's all charming.
It was Lichfield's turn this weekend to stage their cycle of such plays.
The scene above shows Eve talking with The Serpent; the scene below is Mary learning that she is to be a mother.
This is a tradition that never made it across the Pond.
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