Exploring the Chester Mystery Plays is a series of live streamed events where the Chester plays are performed with readers and commentary. Rough round the edges, edited versions of these events are now being posted online. This is the second of two parts of the Magi & Herod play - Herod consults on the prophesies of Jesus, having met with the 3 Kings.

Exploring the Chester Mystery Plays is a series of live streamed events where the Chester plays are performed with readers and commentary. Rough round the edges, edited versions of these events are now being posted online. This is the second of two parts of the Magi & Herod play - Herod consults on the prophesies of Jesus, having met with the 3 Kings.

Exploring the Chester Mystery Plays is a series of live streamed events where the Chester plays are performed with readers and commentary. Rough round the edges, edited versions of these events are now being posted online. This is the second of two parts of the Magi &amp; Herod play - Herod consults on the prophesies of Jesus, having met with the 3 Kings.

Chester Plays 8.2: Magi & Herod

From the earliest drama in English, to the closing of the theatres in 1642, there was a hell of a lot of drama produced - and a lot of it wasn't by Shakespeare. Apart from a few noble exceptions these plays are often passed over, ignored or simply unknown. This podcast presents full audio productions of the plays, fragmentary and extant, that shaped the theatrical world that shaped our dramatic history.

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From the earliest drama in English, to the closing of the theatres in 1642, there was a hell of a lot of drama produced - and a lot of it wasn't by Shakespeare. Apart from a few noble exceptions these plays are often passed over, ignored or simply unknown. This podcast presents full audio productions of the plays, fragmentary and extant, that shaped the theatrical world that shaped our dramatic history.

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Chester Plays 8.2: Magi & Herod

Chester Plays 8.2: Magi & Herod