Folk Play Links - Hampshire, 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 - A General Dictionary of Provincialisms, [by William Holloway, 1839, p.175 - entry for "Tip-Teerers"]New
002 - A Little History of Eversley [by C. Elizabeth Cottingham, 1933 - Bramshill Mummers, under 'Old Customs']
003 - Address [by Bishop William H. De Lancey, in Journal of the Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Western New York, 1855, p.32 - mummers at Hursley Park]New
004 - Andy Anderson [1999 report, with photos, about Crookham Mummers]
005 - Andy Anderson [member of Red Stags Morris] [1999 report with photos]
006 - Andy Anderson [member of Red Stags Morris] [Script of Red Stags Morris, 1996 version - also on Red Stags Morris website]
007 - Annals of Old Ropley [by Marianna S. Hagan, 1929, pp.56-57 - Ropley (and Isle of Wight) fragments]
008 - Antiquitates Culinariae [by Warner, 1791, pp.lvi-lvii - Subscription required for Gale: Eighteenth Century Collections Online]
009 - Bob Copper: Collecting for the BBC [God Bless the Master of this House' - song that was sung by the North Waltham Mummers]
010 - Broadside Mummers (/Broadside Folk Club) [photos; programme]
011 - Broughton Traditional Arts Group (BTAG) Mummers [photo]
012 - Eversley [extract - Mummers at Bramshill]
013 - Farnborough Mummers
014 - FTX-426 - Country Songs from Hampshire [CD for sale: Audio of 'O Mortal Man' & 'God Bless the Master of this House', sung by Hampshire Mummers (-in fact North Waltham Mummers)]
015 - Hampshire Treasures [by ?, 1979, Vol.2 ( Basingstoke and Deane) p.209 - North Waltham]
016 - Hantsphere [image archive] [Photo of Andover Mummers, old n.d.]
017 - Hayling Island Lifeboat Station [Photo of Prize Old Mummers]
018 - Jackstraws Morris [photos]
019 - John Keble's Parishes [by Yonge, 1898 - Otterbourne text?]
020 - King John's Morris Men [photo; programme]
021 - Longparish Players [2007 performance?]New
022 - Longparish School [in Hill & Valley, Jan. 2003, p.3 - perform mummers play]
023 - Longparish Village Handbook [by Mary Jo Darrah, 1999 - text (- in fact extract from Longparish Women's Institute Scrapbook)]
024 - Mainly about Old Fleet & Crookham [by Ted Roe, [1975], p.49]
025 - Mid Hants Railway [Photo of Farnborough Mummers]
026 - Milestones Museum [Annual mummers play]
027 - Minden Rose [photo]
028 - Mummers [index to ?, in Bitterne Local History Society's Magazine, Vol.57 - only general summary of mummers; nothing specific]
029 - Otterbourne Mummers [perform Otterbourne text; photo]
030 - Overton Millennium Sheep Fair [Includes watercolour painting of mummers by Rosemary Trollope and Johnny Jacks script - Archived]
031 - Peter Sheil [member of Red Stags Morris] [Script of Red Stags Morris, 2002 version of 1996 one - both also on Red Stags Morris website]
032 - Prize Old Mummers [photos; scripts]
033 - Red Stags Morris [scripts]
034 - Southampton University Players [every May Bank Holiday at Manor Farm Country Park]
035 - Steve Roud / Paul Marsh Collection [And Booklet for sale:, 1992]
036 - Strange Britain [Overton text, copied from www.folkplay.info/Texts/91su54cc.htm.]
037 - Ted 'Darkie' Duckett [by Dave Williams, in Musical Traditions - Mummers at East Boldre]
038 - The Laws of Masters and Servants Considered [by Huntingford, 1790, p.73 - Subscription required for Gale: Eighteenth Century Collections Online]
039 - The Mummers at Milford - fifty years ago [citation of C. Rivett-Carnac, in An Occasional Magazine : Milford-on-Sea Record Society, Vol.1 No.5, Nov. 1912, pp.28-34]New
040 - The New Forest: Its History and its Scenery [by John R. Wise, 1883, p.178 - "Mummers still perform at Christmas."]New
041 - Wessex Film and Sound Archive [DVD for hire: Video of Tichborne Mummers, 1919]
042 - Yateley Morris Men [perform Bramshill text; photos]
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