Morality Play |
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| Author:
| Unsworth, Barry |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56895-297-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1996 |
| Publisher: | Cengage Gale
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| Imprint: | Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $23.95 |
Book Description:
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A young priest Nicholas Barber, fearing the Bishop's wrath for breaking his vows of chastity, takes up a group of traveling players in plague-ridden fourteenth century England. Upon their arrival in a small town, the troupe puts on their usual morality play but gets caught up in a drama of a different kind. A mute and deaf man stands condemned to die for a murder... a murder that seems to have the shadow of nobility lying over it. Morality Play deftly shows us a time that is far off...
More DescriptionA young priest Nicholas Barber, fearing the Bishop's wrath for breaking his vows of chastity, takes up a group of traveling players in plague-ridden fourteenth century England. Upon their arrival in a small town, the troupe puts on their usual morality play but gets caught up in a drama of a different kind. A mute and deaf man stands condemned to die for a murder... a murder that seems to have the shadow of nobility lying over it. Morality Play deftly shows us a time that is far off yet strangely familiar, where underneath medieval trappings lie the shame, corruption and moral dilemmas we face today.