Folk Play Links - Rest of the World

Compiled by Chris Little



Australia

Australian Capital Territory

001 - Molonglo Mayhem Border Morris

New South Wales

002 - Creating the Carnivalesque [Cycle Productions created their Mumming shows for the October long weekend car races in Bathurst]
003 - Wheeze and Suck Band [perform Kirtlington text]

Victoria

004 - Britannia Morris Men [perform Wheatley / Holton text]
005 - New Zealand Morris Dancing [Photos of Britannia Morris Men, 2003]

[General]

006 - More Stories [in Morris Meditations]

Czech Republic

007 - Gypsywood Players [photos of 1999 performance]
008 - Gypsywood Players: St. George Plays [Texts of two "Christmas Mummings" taken from (a) John Matthews Manly (ed.) Specimens of the Pre-Shakespearean Drama, Boston, MA Ginn & Co. 1897, and (b) John Gassner (ed.) Medieval and Tudor Drama, Bantam Books, 1968]

Denmark

009 - Agersø Mill [Hellig Tre Kongersløb - Photo and description of maskers - in Danish]

Finland

010 - Kutri's Korner [Tiernapojat - Text, scores and illustrations of Finish 'Star Boys' play from Oulu. Cast includes: Herod, King of the Moors, Knihti (Herod's servant), and Mäaut;nkki (Star twirler).]

Greece

011 - Mystica Vannus Iacchi [by Jane E. Harrison, in Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol.23, 1903, pp.292-324 - JSTOR subscription required]
012 - Mystica Vannus Iacchi (Continued) [by Jane E.Harrison, in Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol.24, 1904, pp.241-254 - JSTOR subscription required]
013 - The Modern Carnival in Thrace and the Cult of Dionysus [by R.M. Dawkins, in Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol.26, 1906, pp.191-206 - JSTOR subscription required]

New Zealand

Auckland

014 - Green Man Morris [photos; scripts]
015 - New Zealand Morris Dancing [Photo of Green Man Morris]

Norway

016 - Norway, and the Norwegians, [by R.G. Latham, 1840, Vol.I pp.234-244 - "Yule-bokker"]New

Scandinavia

017 - "Masks and Mummers in the Nordic Countries" Project

[General]

018 - Traditional Masks and Mumming in Northern Europe, Aug. 2002 [Book for sale: ed. by Terry Gunnell]

Tristan Da Cunha

019 - FTX-609 - Tapioca's Big Toe -Traditions of Tristan Da Cunha [CD for sale: Mary Swain and Percy Lavarello, of songs, dances and customs, including Christmas and New Year]
020 - S.Atlantic : Where in the World? [Photo of Christmas/New Years Celebrations with masked and disquised characters Unidentified location, but the Tristan da Cunha Administrator's house is in the background.]
021 - The English of Tristan da Cunha [extract from Arne Zettersten, 1969, 'Holidays, parties, games' - Includes an entry for "Guisers"]
022 - The Lonely Island [by R.A. Rogers, 1926, Chapter 8 - Including a description of New Year mumming i.e. singing and dancing]
023 - Three Years in Tristan da Cunha [by K.M. Barrow, 1910, Chapter XVI - Diary account of house-visiting in fancy dress on New Year's Eve, 1907]

Ukraine

024 - My Life [by Leon Trotsky, 1930, Chapter II - "Czar Maksimilian" folk play at Yanovka in 1886.]

[General]

025 - From Masks to Mimes: The ancient art of Mumming
026 - Mumming Play of King George and the Turkish Knight [script]
027 - What is a Mummer's Play, Anyhow? [by Kermiet, in Colorado Friends of Old Time Music and Dance]

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