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Does English theatre have its origins in Beverley?
Marcus Ramshaw: 'This is the oldest reference to non-secular theatre in the British Isles, 150 years before the mystery plays, from 1215'.
England’s earliest non religious medieval theatre may have begun in Beverley. Historian Marcus Ramshaw is writing a book on Medieval Beverley and uncovered the play called 'The Story of the Student and the Girl' in the archives. Sally Fairfax has been to see the play and find out more about its origins.
