Alcalá 1987

CHRISTMAS

PLAY

liturgical wasthe Feast of Corpus Christi celebrated in early summer. It was celebratedespecially inEngland witha performance ofa cycleof plays drawn from the Bible, dramatized and acted by members of the various guilds. One of thebest preservedcycles isthat of the city of York. The "Mystery Play" presented here was a modem adaptation of that por­ tion of the York Cycle known as the Nativity. Comic invention emphasized the humandimension of thestoriesand certainly appealed to the popular im­ agination.

The USD English Department in cooperation with the CampusMinistry, the Drama Department and the Old Globe Theatre presented a play en­ titled TheMedieval Nativity Cycle -Cre­ ation to Christmas. Theplay was direc­ tedby DavidHay theAssociate Director for the OldGlobe Theatreand ran from Dec.11-13 in Founders Chapel. The presentation was based on the production ofTonyHarrison's Mysteries at theNational Theatre of GreatBritain. The recorded music was primarily from that production. During the14th and15thcenturies one of the mostanticipated moments of the

CAST

Robert Bacalski

Lucifer

BettyBahr

Shepherd Woman Angel Gabriel 1/King Cain/King/Soldier Shepherd/Death Abel/Joseph/Soldier Angel Gabriel 2/Woman Herod

UrsulaBugembe Hartzog Clamon Maria Decesare

EricGrishkat

Zachary Hitchcock

Lori Jones

Robert Laporta Matt Mahon Matt McGowan Lori Townsend Stephanie McCullough Nancy Wheeler Jennifer Zurschmeide BetsyWalsh

Noah/Herod's son

A boy/Messenger/Soldier

Noah's wife/King Adam/Soldier

Mary God

Shepherd Woman

Eve

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