Theater

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Further reading

Towneley Plays

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Towneley Plays a cycle of 32 plays preserved in a manuscript of c.1460 by the Towneleys, a Lancashire family. Intended for production by the guilds of Wakefield, they are sometimes called the Wakefield Plays. The well-known Second Shepherds' Play is one of this collection. See miracle play .

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"Towneley Plays." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"Towneley Plays." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Towneley.html

"Towneley Plays." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Towneley.html

Learn more about citation styles

Towneley plays

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | Copyright

Towneley plays, see under mystery plays.

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Towneley plays." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Towneley plays." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Towneleyplays.html

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Towneley plays." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Towneleyplays.html

Learn more about citation styles

Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Peter Happe, The Towneley Cycle: Unity and Diversity.(Book review) Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/2008
	Festivals and Plays in Late Medieval Britain.(The Towneley Cycle: Unity and... Magazine article from: Theatre Notebook; 10/1/2008
	Of people and places: urban gendering in the English plays.(LITERATURE)(Essay) Magazine article from: Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies; 7/1/2009