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Updated:Apr 23, 2026
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York Mystery Plays (c. 1376–1569)

York Mystery Plays (c. 1376–1569)

  1. Corpus Christi feast established for the Latin Church

    Labels: Pope Urban, Corpus Christi

  2. York Corpus Christi plays first recorded

    Labels: York plays, Pageant wagons

  3. Craft guilds take responsibility for production

    Labels: York guilds, Craft guilds

  4. York cycle copied into the surviving manuscript

    Labels: Add MS, York manuscript

  5. Cycle’s final major revision reshapes several plays

    Labels: York Realist, Passion plays

  6. City orders the Corpus Christi play book amended

    Labels: York civic, Play book

  7. York Mystery Plays performed for the last time

    Labels: Last performance, York cycle

  8. Play book referred to church authorities and impounded

    Labels: Archbishop review, Play book

  9. Lucy Toulmin Smith publishes the first full edition

    Labels: Lucy Toulmin, York edition

  10. York Historic Pageant brings wagons back to streets

    Labels: Historic Pageant, Guild banners

  12. Processional wagon tradition revived in modern form

    Labels: Processional revival, Modern wagons

  13. Millennium production performed inside York Minster

    Labels: York Minster, Gregory Doran

  14. Major community production returns to Museum Gardens

    Labels: Community production, Museum Gardens

  15. York Minster hosts the cycle again

    Labels: York Minster, Corpus Christi