The Cornish Ordinalia : a medieval cycle play / produced by Film Production Dept., University Extension, University of California, Berkeley ; script and directed by Neville Denny ; produced, directed and edited by Clyde B. Smith.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Denny, Neville, director, screenwriter.

Smith, Clyde B., 1919- director, producer.

King, Robin, narrator.

Harris, Markham, 1907- translator, adapter.

Berkeley Chamber Singers, performer.

University of California, Berkeley. Film Production Department.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mysteries and miracle-plays, Cornish.

Bible plays, Cornish--Translations into English.

Bible plays, Cornish.

Cornish drama.

Ordinalia.

Cornwall (England : County)--Civilization.

Cornwall (England : County).

Genre:

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (34 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : The Dept., [1972]

System Details:

VHS.

analog

magnetic

VHS

Summary:

Presents scenes from a 1969 performance by drama students at Bristol, Eng. of the Cornish cycle of medieval miracle plays in Piran Round, an earthen amphitheater in Cornwall.

Contents:

The origin of the world

The passion play

The ascension.

Participant:

Narrator: Robin King ; Adapted from a translation by Markham Harris.

Credits:

Cameraman, Richard Tucker ; academic consultant, John Elliott ; music, Berkeley Chamber Singers.

Notes:

Originally issued as a 16 mm. film in 1972.

Copy made with permission in 1999 by the University of Delaware.

OCLC:

41555859

Publisher Number:

3318.MCPC