 The Semi-Circle English Language Theatre in Basel since 1975 |
"The Paradise Pageant" and "The Nativity Pageant"
| "The Paradise Pageant of the Grocers of Norwich" The Creation And Fall Of Man by The Grocers of Norwich This play is a medieval interpretation of the story of the creation, as related in Genesis. God the Father creates Adam and makes him the caretaker of the Garden of Eden. God then causes him to fall into a deep sleep, takes a rip from his side, and creates a woman to be his companion. The serpent comes and tempts the woman to eat an apple from the tree of knowledge. She succumbs and offers the apple to Adam. He eats of it, but realises that they have sinned. God commands his angel to cast them both out of Paradise. They then come under the power of Dolor and Misery, but the Holy Ghost appears and offers them salvation. "The Nativity Pageant of the Shearmen & Taylors of Coventry" text to follow Director: Norman Koeth 23/24/25 April 1987 "The Paradise Pageant" at the first Festival of English-speaking theatre in Switzerland, at the Theater am Käfigturm in Bern 19 December 1987 "The Paradise Pageant" and "The Nativity Pageant" in the Bischofshof at the Rittergasse 1, Basel, as a Charity production 3 December 1988 "The Paradise Pageant" and "The Nativity Pageant" in St. Theodor Gemeindehaus, Claragraben 43, Basel, as a Charity production Cast at the Festival of English-speaking theatre in Switzerland in Bern: Angel Doreen Richter God the Father Henning Schramm Holy Ghost Diana Zuger Adam Paul Schmid Eve Catharine Schmid Prolocutor Joan Custer Dolor Barbara Clark Misery Margaret Robertson Serpent Norman Koeth on the Piano Ruth Schneider |
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