York Guild of Building Master’s Charity for 2010-11 will be:

 Brunswick Centre

The York Guild of Building

President: The Rt. Hon. Lord Mayor of York

A few facts about the York Plays

1376 - the year in which the existence of pageant waggons is first recorded in York

1568 - the year in which the plays were banned

1951 - the plays are once again staged, as part of the Festival of Britain

The solitary surviving manuscript of the York plays, dating from around 1463-77, is kept at the British Library

The York Mystery Cycle usually comprised some 48 pageants, illustrating the Christian history of the world from Creation to Last Judgement

Each play was sponsored and subsidised by one of the city's craft guilds

Traditionally, the Plays were played on the feast day of Corpus Christi, a movable feast occurring on the first Thursday after Trinity, between 23 May and 24 June

The word "mystery" means a "trade" or "craft" in medieval English. "Mystery" is also a religious truth or rite.

The seven remaining guilds presented their plays in the 2002 production.

The Creation of the World - The York Guild of Building

Moses and Pharaoh (The Hosiers Play)- The Company of Merchant Taylors

The Woman taken in Adultery and the Raising of Lazarus (The Cappers Play) - The Company of Cordwainers

The Conspiracy against Jesus (The Cutlers Play)- The Gild of Freemen

The Death of Christ - The Company of Butchers

The Incredulity of Thomas - The Guild of Scriveners

The Last Judgement - The Company of Merchant Adventurers