The Wakefield Second Shepherds Play

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The Wakefield Mystery Plays from the Towneley cycle are a series of thirty-two mystery plays which were performed in the town of Wakefield, West Yorkshire from the late Middle Ages till as late as 1576. It is one of only four surviving examples of the English mytsery play cycles.The most notable play in the cycle is The Second Shepherds' Play the unkown author of which is commonly known as the Wakefield Master.