Folk Play Links - Articles & Books
Compiled by Chris Little
Publications listed may be cited as well as full text.
001 *
A New Perspective on the Origins of Mumming
[by Dick Lewis, in
American Morris Newsletter, Vol.14 No.1, Mar./Apr. 1990, pp.25-26 - paraphrasing
Mummers and Momoeri, by Gareth Morgan, in
Folklore, Vol.100 No.1, 1989]
009 *
Folk-Drama [I]
[by T. Fairman Ordish, in
Folk-Lore, Vol.II No.3, Sep. 1891, pp.314-335]
010 *
Here Comes I¡"
[by Christine Bloxham, in
Cake and Cockhorse, Vol.13 No.1, Autumn/Winter 1994, pp.2-4]
011 *
Mankind' and the Mumming Plays
[by Walter K. Smart, in
Modern Language Notes, Vol.32 No.1, Jan. 1917, pp.21-25 - Subscription required for JSTOR]
012 *
Masking in England
[citation of Venetia Newall, in
New York Folklore, Vol.11 Nos.1-4, 1985, p.205]
014 *
Mummers and Minstrels
[citation of William Hale, in
Transactions, Excursions & Report for the Year 1902 : Birmingham Archaeological Society, Vol.28, 19th Mar. 1902, pp.37-50]
029 *
Local and "Customary" Drama
[Book for sale: by Thomas Pettitt, in
A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture, ed. by Michael Hattaway, 2001]
032 *
Rethinking Folk Drama
[by Steve Tillis. Westport, Greenwood Press, 1999 - Subscription required for Questia]
034 *
The English Folk Play
[by E.K. Chambers. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1933 - Subscription required for Questia]
051 *
What You didn't Know about the Morris
[by Roy Dommett, 1997 - Includes a paragraph on folk plays, which are sometimes traditionally called 'Morris', notably in the English East Midlands. Dommett thinks these plays have a literary origin.]
Encyclopaedias and Dictionaries
061 *
Academic Study: Medieval Drama
[Drama notes from King's Norton Boys' School, Birmingham, England. 10-page pdf file includes a section on
Mumming]
062 *
Any Mummers Allowed?
[Audio of radio documentary by Chris Brookes (founder of the Mummers Troupe); And CD for sale]
067 *
From Ritual to Romance
[by Jesse L. Weston, 1920, Chapter VII - Outdated description of Sword Dances & Mumming Plays]
069 *
Mummers at the Door
[Audio of radio documentary by Chris Brookes (founder of the Mummers Troupe); And CD for sale]
070 *
Mummers' Plays
[Short reply to listener's query "What was the origin of mummers' plays?"]
081 *
Sword Dancing in Europe
[by Allen Dodson, in
American Morris Newsletter, Vol.22 No.1, May.-Jun. 1999, pp.14-17]
084 *
The English Mummers' Play
[by J.W. Saunders, in
Review of English Studies, New Ser. Vol.35 No.139, Aug. 1984, pp.420-421 - Subscription required for JSTOR]
088 *
The Hooden Horse
[by Charlotte S. Burne, in
Folk-Lore, Vol.XXI No.2, Jun. 1910, pp.246-249]
092 *
The Mummers' Play
[citation of G.H. Cowling, in
Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society, Vol.4 Pt.25, p.30]
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