Folk Play Links - Articles & Books

Compiled by Chris Little



Academic

001 - Inscriptions and Annotations on Chapbooks Containing Texts of Traditional Drama: Evidence, But of What? [by M.J. Preston - Abstracts for Individual Presentations at AFS Annual Meeting, 1999]
002 - "Here Comes I…" [by Christine Bloxham, in Cake and Cockhorse, Vol.13 No.1, Autumn/Winter 1994]New
003 - "Mumming: The Evolution and Continuity of English Vernacular Drama" & "English Vernacular Performing Arts In The Late 20th Century" [Abstracts of MA dissertation and PhD thesis by Tom Brown, City University, London]
004 - "Mummers' Plays: The Peoples' Voices Heard" and "The Mummers' Plays: Medieval Times and Modern Perspective" [ ]
005 - 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 - Gareth Morgan's article]
006 - Christmas Mumming and Symbolic Interactionism [citation of Melvin Firestone, in Ethos, Vol.6 No.2, 1978, pp.92-113]
007 - Christmas Mumming and Symbolic Interactionism [by Melvin Firestone, in Ethos, Vol.6, No.2, Summer 1978, pp.92-113 - JSTOR subscription required]
008 - Christmas Mumming in England: The House-Visit [Book for sale: by Martin J. Lovelace, in Folklore Studies in Honour of Herbert Halpert - A Festschrift, ed. by Kenneth S. Goldstein & Neil V. Rosenberg, 1980]
009 - Customary Drama: Social and Spatial Patterning in Traditional Encounters [citation of Tom Pettitt, Folk Music Journal, Vol.7 No.1, 1995, pp.27-42]New
010 - Disguise in English Folk Drama [citation of M. Dean-Smith, in Folk Life, Vol.1, 1963]
011 - Elements from the Traditional Drama of England in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' [citation of Frederick B. Jonassen, Viator, Vol.17, 1986, p.221]
012 - English Folk Drama in the Eighteenth Century: A Defense of the Revesby Sword Play [citation of Thomas Pettitt, in Comparative Drama, Vol.15 No.1, Spring 1981, pp.3-29]New
013 - Horsing Around and Egging On: Mumming as Ritual, Revel, and Rebellion [citation of Dagny M.H. Boebel, at College English Association Conference, Cincinatti, Ohio, 4th-6th Apr. 2002, Session 6]
014 - James Madison Carpenter and the Mummers' Play [citation of Steve Roud and Paul Smith, in Folk Music Journal, Vol.7 No.4, 1998, pp.498-513]New
015 - Local and "Customary" Drama [Book for sale: by Thomas Pettitt, in A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture, ed. by Michael Hattaway, 2001]
016 - Masking in England [citation of Venetia Newall, in New York Folklore, Vol.11 Nos.1-4, 1985, p.205]
017 - Model and Text in Folk Drama [by Anne C. Burson, in Journal of American Folklore, Vol.93 No.369, 1980, pp.305 - Questia subscription required]
018 - 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]New
019 - New World Traditions in the Study of Early English Custom and Customary Drama [citation of Thomas Pettitt - No.23]
020 - Of Standins, Pseudonyms, Mummings and Disguisings : Exploring the influence of the ancient revels on Elizabethan Court masques [by Stephanie Hughes, in Ever Reader, Iss.6, Fall 1997/Winter 1998]
021 - Peter Millington's Personal Home Page [Articles - on Origins, Plough Plays, Costumes, Plough Monday in Nottingham, etc]
022 - Playhouse Calls: Folk Play Doctors on the Elizabethan Stage [citation of Richard F. Hardin, in Early Theatre, Vol.5 No.1, 2002]
023 - Plough Jags, Paper Boys and Boggins': British calendar custom and land [citation of M. Pearson, at Contemporary Archaeology Seminar]
024 - Popular drama and the mummers’ play [Book for sale: by A. E. Green, in Performance and Politics in Popular Drama, ed. by D. Bradby et al, 1981]
025 - Rethinking Folk Drama [by Steve Tillis. Westport, Greenwood Press, 1999 - Questia subscription required]
026 - Spenser's Aesculapius Episode and the English Mummer's Play [citation of Richard F. Hardin, in Spenser Studies, Vol.XV, 2001]
027 - Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain [by Ronald Hutton. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1996 - includes chapter 'Mummers' Play and Sword Dance' - Questia subscription required]
028 - The Chapbook Mummers' Play: Exploring The Interface Between Oral and Print Traditions [by P. Smith - Abstracts for Individual Presentations at AFS Annual Meeting, 1999]
029 - The English Folk Play [by E.K. Chambers. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1933 - Questia subscription required]
030 - The English Mummers as Manifestations of the Social Self [by Christine Herold, Odense, 1998 - on man-woman figures in folk plays]
031 - The Mummers' Play and The Old Wives Tale [by Roger Dev. Renwick, in Journal of American Folklore, Vol.94 No.374, 1985, pp.433 - Questia subscription required]
032 - The Ploughboy and the Plough Play [citation of Alun Howkins and Linda Merricks, in Folk Music Journal, Vol.6 No.2, 1991, pp.187-208]New
033 - The Robin Hood Folk Plays of South-Central England [citation of Michael J. Preston, in Comparative Drama, Vol.10 No.2, Summer 1976, pp.91-100]New
034 - The Roots of Theatre [Book for sale: by Eli Rozik, 2002]
035 - The St. George, or Mummers', Plays: a Study in the Protology of the Drama [by Arthur Beatty, in Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Vol.15 No.2, 1907, pp.273-324]
036 - This Man is Pyramus': A Pre-history of the English Mummers' Plays [citation of Thomas Pettitt, in Medieval English Theatre, Vol.22, 2000, pp.70-99]
037 - 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.]
038 - When the Golden Bough Breaks: Folk Drama and the Theatre Historian [by Tom Pettitt, in NJES : Nordic Journal of English Studies, Vol.4 No.2, Dec. 2005]New

Encyclopaedia and Dictionary Articles

039 - Dictionary of the Scots Language [Prepared from A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue, 1931-2002 & The Scottish National Dictionary,1931-1976 - Search for 'gysar', 'guyser', 'galatian', 'guiser', & 'mumming']
040 - Questions & Answers: Mummer [Discussion of the definition from World Wide Words]
041 - The Cambridge History of English and American Literature:. [by ?, Vol. 5, 1907–21 - Outdated description of mumming plays - from the period when they were thought to be mediaeval in origin.]
042 - The Columbia Encyclopedia [6th Edition] [2001]
043 - Weird Words: Guiser [by Michael Quinion - Definition from World Wide Words]
044 - World Wide Words: Guiser [Definition plus examples from Yorkshire, Aberdeenshire and Shetland]
045 - World Wide Words: Mummer [Question &answer about the origin and meaning of the word 'Mummer']

General Articles

046 - A Comparison Study of Original and Contemporary Mumming Practices [by Toni Dahlin, including both Mummers' plays and the Philadelphia Mummers' Parade]
047 - Academic Study: Medieval Drama [Drama notes from King's Norton Boys' School, Birmingham, England. 10-page pdf file includes a section on Mumming]
048 - Any Mummers Allowed? [Audio of radio documentary by Chris Brookes (founder of the Mummers Troupe); And CD for sale]New
049 - BBC - h2g2 - In comes I! Mumming, Pace-egging and Souling Folk Plays - A655526
050 - Christmas Throughout Christendom [by O.M. Spencer, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol.46 No.272, Jan. 1873, pp.241-258]
051 - FF-1104: Mummers and Masks [DVD for sale: by Peter Blow, 2002]
052 - From Ritual to Romance [by Jesse L. Weston, 1920, Chapter VII - Outdated description of Sword Dances & Mumming Plays]
053 - Love and Disguise on a Farmboy's Wages [by Karen Schlosberg, in Musician, Jun. 1984 - Article on the album "Mummer" from the band XTC.]
054 - Mummers' Plays [Short reply to listener's query "What was the origin of mummers' plays?"]
055 - The Unbroken Circle - Mummers Play [A general introduction]
056 - Ummm... Mummers? [by Samantha MacDonald, in Grasslands - Includes unattributed photo of the Minehead Mummers, Somerset]
057 - What the Hell is Mummers' Play [Article in Portuguese on English folk plays. Includes a picture of Ron Shuttleworth blacked up as a fool.]

Book Reviews

058 - The English Mumming Play: An Introductory Bibliography [by White Dragon]
059 - The English Mumming Play: An Introductory Bibliography [by Jacqueline Simpson, in Folklore, Vol.115 No.1, Apr. 2004]New
060 - The Lancashire Pace-Egg Play: A Social History [by Harry Langston, in Musical Traditions, 4th Mar. 2002]
061 - The Lancashire Pace-Egg Play: A Social History [by Peter Millington, in Folklore, Vol.113 No.2, Oct. 2002]
062 - The Lancashire Pace-Egg Play: A Social History [by Asbjørn Jøn, in Living Traditons]
063 - Room, Room, Ladies and Gentlemen … [by Sandra Billington, in Theatre Research International, Vol.28 No.1, Mar. 2003, pp.96-121]
064 - Room, Room, Ladies and Gentlemen … [by Jacqueline Simpson, in Folklore, Vol.116 No.1, Apr. 2005]New
065 - Sword Dancing in Europe [by Roy Judge, in Folklore, Vol.110, 1999]
066 - Sword Dancing in Europe [by Allen Dodson, American Morris Newsletter, Vol.22 No.1, May.-Jun. 1999, pp.14-17]New
067 - A petygree of the Plouboys oR modes dancers songs [by Eddie Cass, in Folklore, Vol.112 No.2, Oct. 2001]
068 - The Mummers' Play [citation of ?, in Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society, Vol.4 Pt.25, p.30]
069 - Chapbooks and Traditional Drama, Part II [by Eddie Cass, in Folklore, Vol.112 No.2, Oct. 2001]

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