Members of Agan Tavas recently performed a play within a play from Bewnans Meryasek, (The Life of Meriasek). This was the part about Pope Sylvester driving away a dragon which was terrorising the population around Rome. The performance took place in The St Ives Arts Club as part of the St Ives Literary Festival. The performance and explanation about the Cornish language miracle plays was well received by the audience.
Parts in order of appearance were played as follows:
1st Duke – Denise Chubb
2nd Duke and St Peter – Kyle Odgers
Huntsman, Messenger and Chaplin- Gavin Hosking
Dragon – Tony Kalber
Bishop of Poly (pagan) and voice of Jesus in heaven – Matt Blewett
Crozier bearer and Emperour Constantine – Phillip Nile
Pope Sylvester – Ray Chubb