Wake Field Mysteries

The Wake Field Mysteries were very interesting. It wasn't exactly what I was expecting from what we read in class and what I have heard about it but it was still very interesting and enlightening to see it come to life on stage. I did particularly enjoy "The Second Shepherd's Play" more than the others that were presented probably because we read it in class and then discussed it. I'm sure that if I had read the other plays that were presented in the play I would have received it better than I did.
With that being said some of the most interesting thing that I saw in the show were the different elements added into the Bible stories. For example when Adam and Eve sin and God confronts them Adam states that it is the woman that He gave him, in a sense blaming God for the fall, instead of this in the show both Adam and Eve were more woe is me, it's my fault, blame me. Also during the scene of Abraham and Isaac, Isaac tells Abraham to say goodbye to his brothers and sisters for him which is different from what the Bible says because Isaac is supposed to be an only child at this point and that is why it is even harder to sacrifice him and do God's bidding. The last thing that I saw that was drastically changed was the fact that Mary and Joseph had already been married for a year and Mary wants to remain virginal her entire life. Also once Joesph finds out she's pregnant he was just sad that she didn't want to do it with him. Of course we know that Mary and Joseph were engaged at this time which completely changes the relationship and also Mary wasn't a virgin her entire life, Jesus has brothers. Also Joseph wanted to stone Mary but was abated by the Gabrielle in his own dream.
At least for the last discrepancy the talk after the show on Saturday really helped me understand why this was presented this way. I had a feeling that it was due to Catholic influence but having it stated at the talk really help me know that I was correct in my thinking. This of course is related to our class in the sense that Catholicism did have such a dominance on literature at this time to where their idea and their interpretation was paramount. But of course once the Protestant influence came it's understood that some of those could have been changed so as to show what they believe is right and to really show the incorrect thought of the Catholics. I don't really understand why the other discrepancies. It wasn't something that was addressed and so it is something that I am still questioning after seeing the show.