Folk Play Links - Articles & Books
Compiled by Chris Little
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"Here Comes I…"
[by Christine Bloxham, in
Cake and Cockhorse, Vol.13 No.1, Autumn/Winter 1994]

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]

025 -
Rethinking Folk Drama
[by Steve Tillis. Westport, Greenwood Press, 1999 - Questia subscription required]
029 -
The English Folk Play
[by E.K. Chambers. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1933 - Questia subscription required]
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.]
Encyclopaedia and Dictionary Articles
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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']
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]

052 -
From Ritual to Romance
[by Jesse L. Weston, 1920, Chapter VII - Outdated description of Sword Dances & Mumming Plays]
054 -
Mummers' Plays
[Short reply to listener's query "What was the origin of mummers' plays?"]
056 -
Ummm... Mummers?
[by Samantha MacDonald, in
Grasslands - Includes unattributed photo of the Minehead Mummers, Somerset]
068 -
The Mummers' Play
[citation of ?, in
Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society, Vol.4 Pt.25, p.30]
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Last updated: 24/04/2008