Folk Play Links - Nottinghamshire, 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 *
Black Pig Border Morris
[perform Selston text and also a composed script; photos; script; CD for sale; DVD for sale]
002 *
Celebrating an ancient tradition
[in
Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser, 25th Jan. 2002 - about
Calverton Real Ale and Plough Play Preservation Society (CRAPPPS)]
007 *
Sullivan's Sword
[
Owd ¡®Oss Mummers version of Farnsfield script, Apr. 1986]
012 *
Abbotsford, and Newstead Abbey
[by [Washington Irving], 1835, pp.162-164 - (allegedly Christmas mummers at Barlborough Hall, Barlborough +) allegedly Plough Monday at Newstead Abbey, Newstead]
013 *
Christmas Carols: Waits: Guisers
[by Thomas Ratcliffe, in
Notes and Queries, 10th Ser. Vol.II No.52, 24th Dec. 1904, pp.504-505 - "Saint George", "Th' owd Tup" and "T' owd Hoss"]
015 *
Christmas-Tup"
[by Thomas Ratcliffe, in
Notes and Queries, 9th Ser. Vol.II No.52, 24th Dec. 1898, p.511 - "t'owd tup" fragment & "th' poor owd hoss"; citation of
The Ballads & Songs of Derbyshire, ed. by Llewellynn Jewitt, 1867, pp.115-119]
016 *
Dun Yer Want Guysers?"
[in
Haggs Farm Preservation Society Newsletter, No.12, Jun. 1993, pp.3-4 - paraphrasing
A Prelude, by D.H. Lawrence; citation of
Selston 1913, by Storer, 1983]
018 *
Long Live the Guisers"
[by Maurice William Holmes, in
Haggs Farm Preservation Society Newsletter, No.12, Jun. 1993, pp.6-10 - Underwood text - + photo of Underwood Guysers, 1997 (50th anniversary reunion)]
019 *
Notes about Notts.
[ed. by Cornelius Brown, 1874, pp.83-85 - south Nottinghamshire fragment]
020 *
Nottinghamshire Facts and Fictions [2nd edition]
[coll. & ed. by John Potter Briscoe, 1876, pp.6-8 - "plough bullocking" at Shelford; extract from
Notes about Notts., ed. by Cornelius Brown, 1874, pp.83-85; extract from
Abbotsford, and Newstead Abbey, by [Washington Irving], 1835, pp.164-165]
024 *
Pubs in Underwood and Bagthorpe
[by Maurice Holmes, in
Booze News, Spring 2004, pp.8-10 - Includes recollections of performing the Guisers at the Sandhills pub, Underwood, Christmas 1946/47.]
026 *
St George Mumming Play
[by Thomas Ratcliffe, in
Notes and Queries, 12th Ser. Vol.I No.26, 24th Jun. 1916, p.515 - possesses 3 chapbooks; his collection has (Derbyshire text &) Nottinghamshire text; and unlocated fragments with "The Owd Tup" and "The Owd Hoss"]
029 *
The Villagers Remember
[citation of Arthur Cossons, in
Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, Vol.LXVI, 1962, pp.]
031 *
Muskham Players
[cast of 'Tales of Muskham', 2000 - A historical drama including the local Plough Monday play.]
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