Folk Play Links - Oxfordshire, 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 Winter's Play
[by William Masterson [sic], in
Parish Paper, Jan. 2008 - about
Oxford University Morris Men]
013 *
Kirtlington Morris
[perform Kirtlington text - compiled from both R. Brett & G. King.]
014 *
Once a Year
[extract from Homer Sykes, 1977, pp.150-152 - Photos of
Bampton Mummers and Mummer]
030 *
Bampton Folklore
[Book for sale: by John Blair, 2001 - includes Bampton texts]
031 *
Bartholomew Callow
[by Michael Pickering, in
Musical Traditions, No.5 - Mummers at Clifton & Deddington]
038 *
Folk-Lore in Berkshire
[by W. Niven, in
Home Counties Magazine, Vol.V, 1903, pp.120-122 - Buckland text; citation of
Pall Mall Gazette, 22nd Dec. 1902]
043 *
James Madison Carpenter and the Mummers' Play
[citation of Steve Roud & Paul Smith, in
Folk Music Journal, Vol.7 No.4, 1998, pp.498-513 - Garsington (2), (Ampleforth (2) & Elsham) texts from James Madison Carpenter Collection]
044 *
Lark Rise
[extract from Flora Thompson, 1939, pp.266-267 - not at Lark Rise [Juniper Hill]]
045 *
May Day to Mummers
[Book for sale: by Christine Bloxham, 2002 - Stoke Talmage, Islip, Thame & Westcott Barton texts]
052 *
Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time
[by P.H. Ditchfield [Rector of Barkham], 1896, (pp.9-12 + 310-315 - [at Barkham] & paraphrasing
A Glossary of Berkshire Words and Phrases, by Major B. Lowsley, 1888, pp.17-22;) (12-15 - Stoke Gabriel fragment;) (315-316, viii - at Brightwalton;) 316-320, viii - Islip text from Percy Manning Collection; 320-326 - Bampton text]
054 *
Oxfordshire Christmas Miracle Play
[by Frederick George Lee, in
Notes and Queries, 5th Ser. Vol.II No.52, 26th Dec. 1874, pp.503-505 - Thame text; (at Brill House, Brill;) at Thame Park, Thame]
055 *
Oxfordshire Mummers
[by The Editor [?], in
Folk-Lore, Vol.V No.1, Mar. 1894, pp.88-89 - extract from
Daily Graphic, 4th Jan. 1894 - illustration of mummers at Oxford]
056 *
S. John Baptist College
[by William Holden Hutton, 1898, pp.73-74 - at ([Gate Burton ?] mid-Lincolnshire) & Oxfordshire [Oxford ?]]
057 *
Some Notes on Bodicote
[by J.H. Fearon, in
Cake and Cockhorse, Vol.3 No.7, Spring 1967, pp.142-143 - fragment]
058 *
Strange Oxford [internet version]
[ed. by Morgan, 1987 - Thame texts from James Madison Carpenter Collection +
Notes and Queries, 5th Ser. Vol.II No.52, 26th Dec. 1874, pp.503-505 & Photo of
Strange Folklore Society, mid 1980s]
062 *
The Hagbourne Mummers Play
[by John Stanley, in
East Hagbourne Times : Portrait of an English Village, comp. by Brenda Clare et al., 1995, pp.18-19 - citation of text from James Madison Carpenter Collection via Ron Shuttleworth Collection & Photos of
Hagbourne Mummers, mid 1990s]
076 *
Banbury Hobby Horse Festival
[National gathering of traditional and modern 'humanimals' that features some folk drama, such as Kentish hoodening, Welsh Mari Lwyd, tup and other mummers plays.]
079 *
Leafield Village
[Broken link to Martin Collin's webpage with R.J.E. Tiddy's text]
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