Welcome to the Butchers play from The Chester Mystery Cycle - The Temptation and the Woman Taken in Adultery, which is play twelve in the sequence.

 

Dashingly Quirky for the Beyond Shakespeare Podcast presents…

The Temptation

A Full Cast Audio Adaptation of the Chester Mystery play of The Temptation of Christ in the Wilderness, with the Woman taken in Adultery – written by the Unknown.



The Company (in order of appearance)

Satan - Robert Cudmore

Jesus - Karim Kronfli

Doctor - Méabh de Brún Maeve de Brun

Pharisee 1 - Fiona MacKinnon

Pharisee 2 - Emily C. A. Snyder

Woman - Sarah Golding



Music/Soundscape by Katie Seaton

Directed by Sarah Golding & Fiona Thraille



The Temptation was produced by Fiona Thraille and Sarah Golding and is a Dashingly Quirky Production for the Beyond Shakespeare podcast.



We've done a lot on Chester and Temptation plays...

For the full breakdown of play 12, go to our !Spoilers! episode - https://audioboom.com/posts/8146345-spoilers-the-temptation-chester-mystery-cycle

Chester Playlist - https://audioboom.com/playlists/4623693-the-chester-mystery-cycle

There's another Temptation from the N-Town text here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDIvat2NYPQ

And there's John Bale's alternative later take on the Temptation here...  https://audioboom.com/posts/7181363-exploring-the-temptation-by-john-bale

Or, differently, on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1SXyTt9quc



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