The Second Shepherds’ Play (also known as The Second Shepherds’ Pageant) is a famous medieval mystery play which is contained in the manuscript HM1 the unique manuscript of the Wakefield Cycle. It gained its name because in the manuscript it immediately follows another nativity play involving the shepherds. In fact it has been hypothesized that the second play is a revision of the first.
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* Christ-child, * Coll First Shepherd, * Daw Third Shepherd, * Gill Mak's wife, * Gyb Second Shepherd, * Mak, * Mary mother of Jesus, * The Angel
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