http://yorkstories.co.uk/so-many-york-stories-the-mystery-plays/ A resident's record of York and its changes Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:45:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://yorkstories.co.uk/so-many-york-stories-the-mystery-plays/#comment-564 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:44:10 +0000 #comment-564 My one and only attendance at the Mystery Plays,was the post war revival in the Museum Gardens,mainly because a Nunthorpe(R.I.P.)Grammar school ex schoolboy friend ,name of John White,(nicknamed ‘Shirty’,later became actor Richard Conway) took part dressed in a loincloth, I think,and very fetching he was too!A young lass called ‘Judi’ took part also(the daughter of our family Doctor Dench),so I was probably privileged to see the launch of a great acting career.I believe it was around 1951 or so,if my memory is correct,along time ago!

]]> http://yorkstories.co.uk/so-many-york-stories-the-mystery-plays/#comment-563 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:43:53 +0000 #comment-563 Last time I attended The Mystery plays would have been in the early 1990’s ? 2 when it was staged at The Theatre Royal. Robson Green was the name thesp that year. I remember it being unbearably warm being seated virtually in the lights and longed for the open air. I recall there were some wagon plays that year also

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