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Article: Arts Diary: 2008's other big event is a mystery; Philip Key on plans for the Chester Mystery Plays.(Features)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- August 10, 2004
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Byline: PHILIP KEY
THEY have already begun preparing for the big event in 2008. And we are not talking about Liverpool's European Capital of Culture year. The Chester Mystery Plays go back much further, to an era that really remains shrouded in mystery.
Scholars think they began more than 700 years ago in the 14th century although no one is quite certain.
What is better known is that today the Mystery Plays of Chester are performed once every five years. The last occasion was in 2003 when the Biblical plays were seen by 12, 000 people with queues for the sell-out performances.
Now work is already going ahead for the 2008 series which ...