Bad Translation

The York Cycle is not written in modern English. As such the version we are perfroming has been modified to be comprehensible to modern theatre goers. However, this has led to some poor translation work. For example this line: "Thus shall I join it with a pin, and set it snugly with cement." The script references cement as a binder but cement was not invented until later. The first cement appeared in the form of concrete during Greek and Roman rule (ORO Concrete). This was hundreds if not thousands of years later. It is important to have a script flow and rhyme, but this should not be done at the expense of accuracy to history.

"concrete" A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. James Stevens Curl. Oxford University Press 2006. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Central Washington University. 8 December 2010 <http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t1.e1128>