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Hi John,

Of all the books I plucked off my shelf to look in (most of which weren't
complete enough), I didn't try that one. I'll go do so!
Thanks! And yes, I'm going to take any of the dates with a pinch of salt to
be honest.

Many thanks,
James


On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 at 09:12, John Mcgavin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Dear James
> There is a good one on pp xix--xxi in the *Cambridge Companion to
> Medieval English Theatre*, ed. Richard Beadle and Alan J Fletcher, 2nd
> edn. As regards fixing the date of the *Towneley *plays, however, you
> might consider just putting the text on the end of a long piece of elastic
> and bouncing it up and down for the students (works just as well virtually).
> Best wishes
> John
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> Hi all,
>
> While I'm sure there would be some contentious entries, does anyone have a
> handy timeline list they can point me to of extant play texts from England
> up to ~1535? (i.e. I'd include the Norwich Grocer's Play) or similar?
>
> This is just for a slide for an undergraduate introduction, but I want to
> make sure I'm not missing anything.
>
> Many thanks,
> James
>