TICKETS have now all but sold out for some matinee performances of the York Mystery Plays , as box office staff have been swamped with inquiries.

A spokesman for organisers of the Plays, which will be performed in the Museum Gardens throughout August, said 20,500 tickets had been sold by yesterday.

He said: “The box office has been indundated.”

The matinee performance on Saturday, August 18, had only two out of 1,400 tickets left on sale by late yesterday.

Tickets can be bought in person from the York Theatre Royal Box Office or by phoning 01904 623568.