The Plays
Forty-eight scripts make up the existing York Mystery Plays. For 2026, we are aiming for eleven core plays plus further extracts to tell the story from the Fall of Lucifer to the Last Judgement.
The Fall of Lucifer
Creation to the Fifth Day
The York Guild of Building.
The Creation of Mankind & the Fall
The Nativity (extract)
The Shepherds (TBC)
The Temptation of Christ (TBC)
The Massacre of the Innocents
Judas goes to Pilate (extract)
The Crucifixion
The Journey to Calvary
The Sepulchre: Resurrection (TBC)
Christ Appears to Mary Magdalene (extract)
The Appeal for Mother Mary (fragment)
The Last Judgement
The Guild of Merchant Adventurers