The production of The Miracles by Gordon Honeycombe in Consett Civic Hall in 1970 was a community venture that saw itself as something of a local Oberammergau passion play,and did not involve the Royal Shakespeare Company.
A compilation of medieval mystery plays, it had a large cast drawn from towns and villages of north-west Durham. Honeycombe attended auditions for bigger parts – Christ, or Herod,Pilate – and was involved in later rehearsals, bringing some ITN glamour to the windy foothills of the Pennines. I was slight more than an upwardly mobile spear-carrier – more precisely, or moment torturer,effecting the crucifixion each night.
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Source: theguardian.com