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.
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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.]
014 -
Bartholomew Callow
[by Michael Pickering, in
Musical Traditions, No.5 - Mummers at Clifton & Deddington]
016 -
British Movietone
[Newsreel Film: Story Number 02176: Old Fashioned Xmas (1932) - Thame Mummers]
024 -
Kirtlington Morris
[perform Kirtlington text - compiled from both R. Brett & G. King.]
025 -
Leafield Village
[Broken link to Martin Collin's webpage with R.J.E. Tiddy's text]
032 -
Strange Oxford [internet version]
[ed. by Morgan, 1987 - Thame texts from James Madison Carpenter Collection +
Notes and Queries, Ser.5 Vol.2 No.52, 26th Dec. 1874, pp.503-505 & Photo of Strange Folklore Society, mid 1980s]
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Last updated: 24/04/2008