Author : John T Sebastian
Publisher : Medieval Institute Publications
ISBN 13 : 1580444571
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (84 download)
Book Synopsis Croxton Play of the Sacrament by : John T Sebastian
Download or read book Croxton Play of the Sacrament written by John T Sebastian and published by Medieval Institute Publications. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Croxton Play of the Sacrament, which survives in a single sixteenth-century copy, dramatizes the physical abuse by five Muhammad-worshipping Syrian Jews of a Host, the bread consecrated by a priest during the Christian Mass. The text is the work of a playwright possessed of a tremendous theatrical imagination, notwithstanding his choice of subject matter.