Folk Play Links - Dorset, England
Compiled by Chris Little
Groups listed may be folk club, morris dance or amateur drama groups, as well as traditional performers. Publications listed may be cited, extracted or summarised publications, as well as full text.
002 *
Babylon
[photos; programme; script]
006 *
Frome Valley Morris
[photos; programme]
018 *
Christmas in Dorsetshire
[by J.S. Udal, in
Notes and Queries, 6th Ser. Vol.II No.52, 25th Dec. 1880, pp.504-505 - "mummers" - citations of
Christmas Mummers in Dorsetshire, by him, in
Folk-Lore Record, Vol.III Pt.I, 1880, pp.87-116;
Christmas Mummers in Dorsetshire, by him, in
Notes & Queries, 5th Ser. Vol.II No.52, 26th Dec. 1874, p.505]
019 *
Christmas Mummers in Dorsetshire
[by J.S. Udal, in
Folk-Lore Record, Vol.III Pt.I, 1880, pp.87-116 - extract from
A Grammar and Glossary of the Dorset Dialect, by W. Barnes, in
Transactions of the Philological Society, 1864, p.71 - entry for 'Mummers'; citation of
Christmas Mummers in Dorsetshire, by J.S. Udal, in
Notes & Queries, 5th Ser. Vol.II No.52, 26th Dec. 1874, p.505; [Symondsbury] text; south-west [Bridport ?] text; (note by The Editor [?]: J.T. Micklethwaite possessed Walker Peace Egg chapbook for what is now Thomas Fairman Ordish Collection; Dumbleton text for what is now Thomas Fairman Ordish Collection; at Minety; at Acomb; citation of
Banks of the Boro: A Chronicle of the County of Wexford, by Patrick Kennedy, 1867, pp.226-232)]
021 *
Christmas Observances in Dorset in 1830
[by St Swithin [Mrs Gutch], in
Notes and Queries, 7th Ser. Vol.X No.260, 20th Dec. 1890, pp.486-487 - extract from
The Journal of Mary Frampton, from the Year 1779, until the Year 1846, ed. by Harriot Georgiana Mundy, 1885, pp.365-366]
026 *
Mummers and Minors
[in
Dorset Echo, 21st Dec. 2007 - Title of Dec. 2007 talk by David Craner to West Lulworth History Group]
027 *
Mysteries of "Mumming"
[by W.B. [William Barnes], in
The Crypt, Vol.II, Jan.-Jun. 1828, pp.220-221 - extract from
Dorset County Chronicle, Somersetshire Gazette, and General Advertiser for бн, Vol.8 No.380, 3rd Apr. 1828, p.2a]
028 *
Mysteries of "Mumming", The
[by A. B., in
The Crypt,, Vol.II, Jan.-Jun. 1828, pp.68-70 - (citation of
The Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray : with Memoirs of his Life and Writings, by William Mason, 1820, pp.429fn-432fn)]
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