First recorded Coventry Corpus Christi pageantsJan 1, 1392Labels: Coventry Guilds, Corpus ChristiCoventry PlaysCoventry Society
Guild staging becomes a civic street traditionJan 1, 1400Labels: Coventry Guilds, Street PageantsMilne Early TheatreCoventry Plays
Coventry’s cycle centers on New Testament storiesJan 1, 1450Labels: Coventry Cycle, New TestamentCoventry Plays
Royal attention underscores Coventry’s theatrical prestigeJun 2, 1485Labels: Richard III, Coventry PageantsCoventry PlaysIvory Research
Shearmen and Tailors’ Pageant anchors the Nativity sequenceJan 1, 1500Labels: Shearmen and, Coventry CarolCoventry PlaysCoventry Carol
Robert Croo dates a revised playscript manuscriptMar 14, 1534Labels: Robert Croo, ManuscriptCoventry CarolCoventry Plays
Croo’s later revisions reflect continued civic investmentJan 1, 1535Labels: Robert Croo, Guild RevisionsCoventry Plays
Reformation pressures erode the cycle-play environmentJan 1, 1540Labels: English Reformation, Religious PolicyMilne Early TheatreCoventry Plays
A separate Coventry Hock Tuesday play is revivedJul 1, 1575Labels: Hock Tuesday, Kenilworth VisitHocktidePrincely Pleasures
Coventry Corpus Christi plays are suppressedJan 1, 1579Labels: Coventry Suppression, Guild PageantsCoventry PlaysTheology Essay
Thomas Mawdyke dates music additions to the Coventry CarolMay 13, 1591Labels: Thomas Mawdyke, Coventry CarolCoventry Carol
Thomas Sharp publishes a major study and playscriptJan 1, 1825Labels: Thomas Sharp, Printed EditionYale CatalogCoventry Plays
1879 Birmingham library fire destroys original manuscriptJan 1, 1879Labels: Birmingham Library, Manuscript LossCoventry PlaysMilne Early Theatre
Coventry’s cycle-play legacy is reframed through archival survivalNov 15, 1940Labels: Archival Loss, Coventry LibraryMilne Early Theatre