Folk Play Links - Candidate Links

Compiled by Chris Little



A list of links for websites that have been identified by searching and other means, but which have not yet been compiled.


Drama

001 - Robin Hood and His Crew of Souldiers
002 - Robin Hood and the Friar and Robin Hood and the Potter
003 - Robin Hood and the Tanner [c.f. Inglesham text & Kempsford text & Shipton-under-Wychwood text]
004 - Robyn Hod and the Shryff off Notyngham

Full Texts

005 - The Seven Champions of Christendome [by Kirke, 1638 - Subscription required for Chadwyck-Healey's Early English Books Online]
006 - The Vindication of Christmas [1653 [1652], p.8 - Subscription required for Chadwyck-Healey's Early English Books Online]
007 - Thomas Bell Collection [extract with 'Morris Dancers Song']

Pantomime

008 - John Rich [in: Encyclopedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, Cambridge, University Press, 1911, Vol.XXIII, p.292 - A biography of the English actor (1692-1761), and "father of English pantomime".]
009 - Qdos Entertainment 'Pantomime Homepage' [Pantomime producer employing over 1,000 people and producing thirty pantomimes a year. Includes information on past and future productions in the UK]
010 - The Old English Pantomime [in: The Drama: Its History, Literature and Influence on Civilization, ed.by Alfred Bates. London, Historical Publishing Company, 1906, Vol. 15, pp.78-81 - A history of the development of the art of mime in eighteenth century England]
011 - Theatre Museum: Collections [Includes many images relating to English Pantomime, as well as puppets and toy theatre]
012 - www.its-behind-you.com: The Magic of Pantomime [Comprehensive website on British pantomime, hosted by the Ugly Sisters: Nigel Ellacott and Peter Robbins]

Researchers

013 - Craig Fees
014 - Doc Rowe
015 - Obituaries : Jon Drake (1963) [in Linacre News, Iss.24, Autumn 2002 - Archived]
016 - Paul Marsh

Scripts

017 - A Collection of English Proverbs [by Ray, 1670, p.211 - Subscription required for Chadwyck-Healey's Early English Books Online]
018 - A New Dialogue Between a Husbandman and a Servant Man [{1790~1840}]
019 - A Pleasant Comedie, called Wily Beguilde [1606, pp.1-3 - Subscription required for Chadwyck-Healey's Early English Books Online]
020 - A Select Collection of Old Plays [by Dodsley, 1744, Vol.I, p.x. Summarised or paraphrased in: 'The British Theatre', by Chetwood, 1750, p.iii; The Companion to the Play-House, by Baker, 1764, Vol.I, p.ix; 'Þorða Anzel-Cynnan, by Strutt, 1774-1776, Vol.II, p.94. Four letters are in Anglo-Saxon script. Gale uses the incorrect English Short Title Catalogue title. The correct title is 'Þorða Angel-Cynnan:'. The correct transliteration of the title is 'Horda Angel-Cynnan:'. Subscription required for Gale: Eighteenth Century Collections Online]
021 - Diphilo and Granida [Kirkman's The Wits, or, Sport upon Sport (1673) pp.24-25 - Subscription required for Chadwyck-Healey's Early English Books Online]
022 - John Keble's Parishes [by Yonge, 1898 - Otterbourne text?]
023 - King Henry V. his Conquest of France, [n.d.]
024 - Love for Love: A Comedy [by Congreve, 1695, pp.41-43 - Subscription required for Chadwyck-Healey's Early English Books Online]
025 - Observations on Popular Antiquities [by Brand, 1777, p.185 - Subscription required for Gale: Eighteenth Century Collections Online]
026 - Reliques of Ancient English Poetry [by [Percy], Vol.III 1765, pp.213-216 - Subscription required for Gale: Eighteenth Century Collections Online]
027 - Robin Hood and the Tanner [from Robin Hoods Garland, 1663 - Subscription required for Chadwyck-Healey's Early English Books Online]
028 - Robin Hood: A Collection of all the Ancient Poems, Songs and Ballads [by [Ritson], Vol.II 1795, pp.30-37 - Subscription required for Gale: Eighteenth Century Collections Online]
029 - Rosamond. An Opera [by Addison, 1707 - Subscription required for Gale: Eighteenth Century Collections Online]
030 - Second Thoughts are Best [{1780~1812}]
031 - Sir Andrew Barton [from Reliques of Ancient English Poetry:, by Percy, Vol.II 1765, p.191 - Subscription required for Gale: Eighteenth Century Collections Online]
032 - The Honest Yorkshire-Man [by Carey, 1736 - Subscription required for Chadwyck-Healey: English Drama (1280-1915)]
033 - The Infallible Doctor [{1700~1740}]
034 - The Mobiad: [by Brice, 1770, p.90 - Subscription required for Gale: Eighteenth Century Collections Online]
035 - The Mountebank [by Leveridge, 1707 from Farewel Folly, by Motteux - Subscription required for Chadwyck-Healey: English Drama (1280-1915)]
036 - The Mummers' Play [by Tiddy, 1923 - Belfast, Burghclere {?}, Bursledon, Cornwall, Cuddesdon, Lower Heyford, Malvern, Ovingdean, Sapperton, Waterstock texts - Subscription required for Chadwyck-Healey: English Drama (1280-1915)]
037 - The Nursery Rhymes of England [4th edition] [by James Orchard Halliwell, 1846 - Rhymes found in folk plays: Item II - p2. "When good king Arthur ruled this land,"; Item CXXXVII - p.77 & Item CCXLI - p.118 - "Pease-porridge hot, pease-porridge cold," [originally from Goldsmith's "Mother Goose's Melody" (1791) p.41. (Original edition ca.1765)]; Item CCCCLXXXIII - p.211 - Little David Doubt (Christmas play rhyme from Lancashire)]
038 - The White Boys [Description and text of a Manx play performed in 1845, from William Harrison's "Mona Miscellany" (1869) Douglas, Manx Society, pp166-171]
039 - Young Roger of the Mill [{1820~24}]

Toy Theatre

040 - Benjamin Pollock's Toyshop New
041 - John Kilby Green & the History of the Toy Theatre [Thorough history of the inventor of English toy theatre by Hugo Brown, with help from David Powell]
042 - Pollock’s Toy Theatres Ltd
043 - Pollock's Toy Museum
044 - Pollock's Toy Museum [Website of the Pollock's Toy Museum Trust, seeking to re-establish London's toy theatre museum. With background historical information]

[General]

A list of links for websites that have been identified by searching and other means, but which have not yet been compiled.

045 - "Deep Play": John Gay and the Invention of Modernity [Book for sale:]
046 - The Reformation [Passing reference to mummers only]

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