Martial Rose

Author of The Wakefield Mystery Plays

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Works by Martial Rose

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The Wakefield Mystery Plays (1961) 116 copies

Stories in Stone: The Medieval Roof Carvings of Norwich Cathedral (1997) 50 copies

E. M. Forster (1970) 9 copies

The Misericords of Norwich Cathedral (1994) 6 copies

The Norwich Apocalypse: The Cycle of Vault Carvings in the Cloisters of Norwich Cathedral (1999) 6 copies

King Alfred's College Winchester, A History of (1981) 3 copies

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Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Education: King’s College, Cambridge
University of Leeds
Short biography: Martial Rose was graduated from King’s College, Cambridge, and since 1925 has been Senior Lecturer in English and Drama at Bretton Hall, a West Riding Teachers’ Training College. In 1958 Mr. Rose produced at Bretton Hall twenty of the thirty-two plays of the Wakefield cycle. The following year he took a sabbatical at the University of Leeds, where he did research on the staging of the cycle, and subsequently he produced a shortened version in London.

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A history of King Alfred's College, 1840-1980 by Martial Rose

A really informative history of the College, especially the early history. It gets a bit bogged down in CNAA details in the latter parts. It has given me some really good family history leads.

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jon1lambert | Aug 1, 2009 |