Folk Play Links - Durham, 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.

001 - "We are six dancers bold..." : A History of the Greatham Sword Dance [internet version without photos] [by Brian Pearce, 2001]New
002 - A History of Hartlepool [extract from Sharp, 1816 - briefly mentioning Guisers]
003 - Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England [ed. by Bell, 1857 - Sword dancers calling-on song and play]
004 - Beamish Museum : Audio History Collection [Audio of Reece Elliott - Guisers at Birtley]
005 - Beamish Museum : Audio History Collection [Audio of the Elliott family - Guisers at Birtley]
006 - FW-3565 - The Elliot[t?]s of Birtley : A Musical Portrait of a Durham Mining Family [CD for sale: Track 2]New
007 - Jet Set Morris [Photo of Darlington Mummers]
008 - Notes on the Sword-Dancers' Song and Interlude [by John Stokoe, in The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend, Vol.I No.10, Dec. 1887, pp.462-465 - calling-on song]
009 - The Folk Play in the North-East [extract from Tom Chambers, in Folk Voice North East, Vol.1 No.2, [ca. 1968] - Westerton text]
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