Folk Play Links - Sussex, 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 - Andy Anderson [2001 report, with photos, about Stane Street Morris]
002 - Ashdown Mummers (/Ashdown Forest Morris Men) [perform Compton text; photos; programme]
003 - Broadwood Morris Men [photo; programme]New
004 - Chanctonbury Ring Morris Men [perform Steyning text]
005 - Chichester Folk Song Club [perform alternating texts - annual Tipteers play]
006 - Christmas Mummers [by William Holloway, in his Scenes of Youth; or Rural Recollections; With Other Poems, 1803, pp.63-65]New
007 - Cross and Country' Event [Photos and costume & of Boxgrove Tipteers, 1930s via contacts]
008 - Ditchling Mummers / Ditchling Morris [video]
009 - Field and Hedgerow [by Richard Jefferies, 1889, 'Among the Nuts' - mumming]
010 - FTX-238 - Copperful of Country Song - 1 [CD for sale: Audio of Mummers' song and about Rottingdean Mummers in 1896]
011 - Hammingden Tipteerers [photos; programme]
012 - Lewes Arms Folk Club [perform Chithurst text - annual mummers play]
013 - Memoir of the Rev Henry Francis Cary [by Rev Henry Cary [his son], 1847, Vol.II p.22 - "Tipteerers" at Littlehampton, 1817]New
014 - Merrie England Mummers (/Merrie England Folk Song Club) [perform many texts; photos; programme]
015 - RATCO Mummers [photo; programme]
016 - Reading, Writing and Riot [internet version] [by R.W. Standing, 1998 - Tipteers at East Preston]
017 - Records of the Heath Family [extract from George Heath, 1913 - Mummers at Milland, with the character Oliver Cromwell]
018 - Short History of East Preston and Kingston [internet version?] [by R.W. Standing, 2004 - East Preston & Boxgrove texts - Archived]
019 - Sompting Village Morris [perform Sompting text; programme]
020 - Sussex Archaeology & Folklore [Large compilation of texts of Sussex Tipteerers' plays with an extensive introduction to the county's plays]
021 - Sussex Folk-Lore and Customs Connected with the Seasons [citation of Frederick Ernest Sawyer, in Sussex Archaeological Collections, Vol.XXXIII, 1883, p.256 - mummers at Shoreham, Southwick & Portslade; Bramber; Furze Hill]New
022 - The Play Acted by the “Tipteers” at West Wittering, Chichester [citation of James I.C. Boger, in Sussex Archaeological Collections, Vol.XLIV, 1901, pp.178-183 - text]New
023 - The Reminiscences of Lady Dorothy Nevill [by Ralph Nevill. London, E.Arnold, 1906 - Mummers at Dangstein, Terwick - Questia subscription required]
024 - The Story of Shoreham [by Henry Cheal, 1921, pp.255-256]
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