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CW’s Nativity Plays

Posted on 21 December 2022 by Sørina Higgins

Although Charles Williams is known more for obscurity and difficulty than for compelling drama, he was capable of the latter, and wrote a few “unusually intelligible” Nativity plays. These include Seed of Adam (1936), The Death of Good Fortune (1939), … Continue reading →

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King and Priest and Sacrifice: “Seed of Adam”

Posted on 13 January 2016 by Sørina Higgins

Book Summary #34: Seed of Adam, 1936. As I wrote in my previous post on Thomas Cranmer of Canterbury, Charles Williams wrote many plays during his lifetime, and many of them were commissioned for special occasions and were performed. This … Continue reading →

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