York Plays - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Bibliography Entry

York Plays

External References:	IMEV 1273 NIMEV 1273 DIMEV 2115 Manual 5.XII.10
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:	London, British Library, Additional 35290 (olim Ashburnham 137) . LALME: vol. 1. 102 (three entries, q.v.). "Hand A. language 1 … probably of York area or a little west." York. "Hand A. language 2 … possibly from far N Lancs." "Hand B (main hand) …. Language apparently from considerably S of York."
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:	York Plays: The Plays Performed by the Crafts or Mysteries of York, ed. L. T. Smith (1885). The York Plays, ed. R. Beadle (1982). The York Plays, ed. R. Beadle, revised ed., Early English Text Society, Supplementary Series 23 (2009).
MED title stencils and sources:	Add 35290 a1450 Yk.Pl. (Add 35290) York Plays: The Plays Performed by the Crafts or Mysteries of York, ed. L. T. Smith (1885).1-17, 22-37(line 72), 38(line 99)-432, 448-513. a1450 Yk.Pl. (Add 35290:Beadle) The York Plays, ed. R. Beadle (1982).49-61, 64-75, 77(line 100)-137, odd pp. 139-45, 146-415. a1450 Yk.Pl. (Add 35290:Beadle2) The York Plays, ed. R. Beadle, revised ed., Early English Text Society, Supplementary Series 23 (2009).Excluding plays 6 and 17 and the suppletive material by John Clerk (too late), as well as the Masons' portion of play 16 and the Innholders' play (given separate stencils).