The Wakefield Mysteries

Description

As part of Wakefield's centenary celebrations in 1988, the author was commissioned to do a modern adaptation of the Wakefield Medieval Mystery Plays. Simple vernacular speech is retained, spanning the Creation to the Resurrection. The music is by Andy Roberts.

Adrian Henri (1932-2000) was born in Birkenhead. He was a poet, painter, playwright, songwriter and occasional art critic, and regularly exhibits paintings. His publications include Collected Poems (1986), Wish You Were Here (1990), The Phantom Lollipop Lady and Rhinestone Rhino (poems for children, 1986 and 1989), Eric the Punk Cat and The Postman's Palace (1933 and 1990), and Box (poems for teenagers, 1990). His plays include: I Want (with Nell Dunn, 1986), The Husband, the Wife and the Stranger (BBC TV, 1986) and (with others) Fears and Miseries of the Third Term (1989).