Folk Play Links - West Yorkshire, 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 - BBC News - Why Easter means sword play to me [by David Burnop - Article about Heptonstall Pace Eggers]
002 - Bradshaw Mummers (/ Bradshaw Tavern Folk Club) [photos; programme]
003 - Calderdale Calendar Customs [citation of Gary Stringfellow, in Transactions : Halifax Antiquarian Society, 1987]New
004 - Calderdale Local Studies Library [Brief history of the local Pace Egg plays - with photo]
005 - Charlestown History Group [Photo of the Eastwood Players, 1935]
006 - FTX-103 - West Yorkshire Pace-Eggers [CD for sale: Audio of Dent & Midgley Pace Egg Plays, 1954 & 1952. Includes photo.]
007 - GENUKI : Photograph of Heptonstall Old and New Churches [Photo of Heptonstall Pace Eggers]
008 - Halifax Traditions Festival [Photos of Bradshaw Mummers, 2001 and 2002]
009 - Hebden Bridge Literary and Scientific Society : Local History Collection [Ref. YDPE]
010 - Heptonstall Pace Eggers [photos; audio; video; cast list; programme and Photos of Calder High School Pace Eggers]
011 - Huddersfield One [Essay about pace eggers in and around Huddersfield]
012 - Leeds Morris Men [photo; script of an Old Horse play]
013 - Midgley Pace Eggers / Calder High School [perform Midgley text]
014 - Otley Community Players [Mention of 1999 performance of mumming only]
015 - Pace-Egging Time: The Miracle Play at Midgley [citation of Sydney Moorhouse, in The Boy's Own Paper, Apr. 1938, p.371]
016 - Pete Coe [member of The Long Company] [performs folk plays, and runs folk drama workshops at schools. Includes photos.]
017 - Review of "The Mummers' Play" by R.J.E. Tiddy [citation of G.H. Cowling, in Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society, Vol.4 Pt.25, Apr. 1924, pp.30-33 - (Barmby on the Marsh) & Sleights; Drax & Headingley & Sowerby Bridge]
018 - Rombalds Mummers [no longer performing] [photos; script - based Kir[k]by Lon[]sdale text]
019 - Setting the Pace [extract in Milltown Memories, Iss.3, Spring 2003 - Brief article with photos of Midgley Pace Eggers, 1930s.]
020 - Some Northern Spring Customs [by a reader, in Northern Earth, Iss.90, p.11 - Article about Midgley Pace Eggers and Heptonstall Pace Eggers - Archived]
021 - The Diary of Ralph Thoresby, [ed. by Rev Joseph Hunter, 1830, Vol.II p.198 - Mummers (non-play?) at Leeds, 1713]New
022 - The History of the Scottish Stage [by Jackson, 1793, pp.409-411 - Subscription required for the Gale: Eighteenth Century Collections Online]
023 - The Little Hill Farm [by Crump, 1951, pp.72,74-75 - Pace Eggers at Midgley]
024 - The Long Company / Ryburn Three Step [photos; programme; script]
025 - Two Essays on the Dialect of Upper Calderdale [citation of F.H. Marsden, in Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society, Vol.4 Pt.22, Jan. 1921, pp.6-16]
026 - Wortley-de-Leeds : a history of an ancient township [extract from William Benn, 1926 - includes a brief description of the performance of 'The Peace Egg' about 1875 - Archived]
027 - Yorkshire Dialect Poems [by Moorman, 1916 - itself extract from Sheffield Glossary, by S.O. Addy, p.153]
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