Colorful Accents! - 3

I found an overview of what a fully-fledged run of the the cycle (though whittled down to less wagons) looks like here. It's a pretty cool video to watch, even after you get over listening to the amazing accents. You get the sense of just how much effort and commitment each and every person involved has to put in.

Also, I find it great to see so much colors used in these modern adaptations. That's what I noticed most. Because the mercers had access to fabrics - and perhaps the dyes - I think it fitting that this production of Narnia's Last Battle and Last Judgement can have a lot of colors too --> It's the end of the world and there is fire and brimstone to be dealt with and an overall sense of dread to represent within the colors I use. Besides what the character's will be costumed in, it's important to focus on how these dreadful colors apply to the setting.

The setting, to quote one passage from the book of Revelation as my primary source:

"The Horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur....a third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths." (Revelation 9:17-18)

It is also important to quote this passage that came earlier on:

"And out of the smoke locusts came down upon the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. They were told not harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads." (Revelation 9:3-4)

So there's fire, smoke, and sulfur, but nature goes unharmed? I think I have an idea of what the color palette would be:

Works Cited

Laurence, Richard. "A Brief Introduction to the York Mystery Plays 2010." VPS Limited. 2010.

Holy Bible. New International Version. "Revelation 9:4-18." International Bible Society. 2001.