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Newcastle. 
DOCUMENTS—Continued. 
Date Document 
Content 
Interpretation 
1536, Brand, Newcastle, 
II, 371. 
Group of companies 
ordered to play Three 
Kings. 
Stage V. 
1536. Chambers, II, 385. 
Regulations of Tail¬ 
ors for support of play. 
Stage V. 
1652. Brand, Newcastle, 
II, 371. 
Merchant Adventur¬ 
ers concerned in five 
plays. 
Stage V. 
1561. Brand, Newcastle, 
II, 371. 
“Item for the care and 
banner berryng 20 d.” 
Stage V? 
1561. Surtees, Yol. 50, 
299. 
Linen “ ‘for God’s coat 
purchased.’ ” 
Stage V. 
1561, Chambers, 
1562. II, 385. 
1561, 1562 last years in 
which performances ‘can 
be proved to have been 
given. 
Stage V. 
1568. Brand, Newcastle, 
II, 370. 
“Item, for bearers of 
the care and baneres.” 
Stage V? 
1568. Brand, Newcastle, 
II, 370. 
Surtees, Yol. 50, 
299. 
Play of slaters was 
Offering of Isaac. 
Stage V? 
1578. Brand, Newcastle, 
II, 372. 
Whenever the gener¬ 
al plays are command¬ 
ed by the mayor, the 
millers are to play the 
Deliverance of the Chil¬ 
dren of Isrell. 
Stage V. 
1579. Brand, Newcastle, 
II, 372. 
Whenever the general 
plays of the town are 
played, the carpenters 
are to play the Burial 
of Christ. . . . > \i 
Stage V. 
1581. Brand, Newcastle, 
II, 372. 
Whenever the gener¬ 
al plays of the town are 
played, the masons are 
to play the Buriall of our 
Lady. 
Stage V. 
1589. Brand, Newcastle, 
II, 372. 
Whenever general 
iplays of the town are 
played, the joiners shall 
attend to same. 
Stage V. 
1578-1589. Surtees, 
Yol. 50, 299. 
Corpus Christi plays 
on the decline. 
Stage Y. 
Conclusion: The plays and the procession at Newcastle seem 
to have been distinct. The items for 1561 and 1568 may repre¬ 
sent stage VI, but more probably they refer to the processional 
nature of the plays. 
