Mark your calendars - 11 and 18 July 2010 is the next incarnation of the historic York Mystery Plays. They promise to be a mix of innovation and consolidation. And will play at some new stations (spot where they pull up their wagon and perform) in the city with some new pageants (plays) appearing that have not been seen for 400 years!
We went with the kids in 2006 and thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere. The event has a real Shakespeare feel to it. Obviously the costumes and the style of the plays give it the atmosphere, and some plays were performed in "ye olde English" but the humour and drama were fantastic - our daughter who was six at the time was thoroughly captivated! Only the English can achieve such great performances from local amateur dramatics!
Now - for those of you who have no idea what the Myster Plays are - a great place to find out more is http://www.yorkmysteryplays.org/
And if you want to keep up-to-date with how the present plays are progressing, look at http://www.yorkmysteryplays.co.uk/
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