Morality play

Barry Unsworth

earliest edition we have, 1995 W.W Norton, 1995 206 pages

Wheeler large print book series

It is a cold winter in the fourteenth century, and a young renegade priest, Nicholas Barber, joins an acting troupe who prepare to play the drama of their lives. Breaking the tradition of only performing religious plays, the group's charismatic leader, Martin, wants them to enact the brutal murder that has torn apart the rural village of which they have wandered. A young boy has been found dead, and the Weaver's daug...

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Editions we hold

Morality play edition · 1996 · Wheeler Pub. · 240 pages
Morality play edition · 1996 · W.W.Norton
Morality play edition · 1996 · Penguin · 188 pages
Morality play edition · 1995 · W.W Norton · 206 pages
Morality play edition · 1995 · N.A. Talese · 206 pages

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