Rare 15th century manuscript contains comedy performance ‘similar to Monty Python’

on mai 31, 2023 Sky News on mai 31, 2023

EMBARGOED TO 0001 WEDNESDAY MAY 31 Undated handout photo issued by University of Cambridge of a page from the Heege Manuscript. A record of medieval live comedy performance has been identified in the 15th-Century manuscript, giving the "rarest glimpse of a medieval world rich in oral storytelling and popular entertainments". Dr James Wade, of Cambridge University, noticed the texts while researching in the National Library of Scotland and said they "poke fun at everyone, high and low". Issue dat

Academics have identified a rare 15th century manuscript as the text for a live comedy performance that includes a scene similar to Monty Python’s Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

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