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Past Folk Play Performances - Oxfordshire
Where a group's name is given as a hyperlink, its website may provide further information and/or photographs. |
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Oxfordshire, England
| Date | Group | Time | Venue | Contact |
| Ducklington Mummers | 20:00 | Witney/Ducklington
[Life, death, cross dressing, is there anything else?] |
Peter West 01869 601451 |
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| Eydon Mummers | 12:15 | Wardington, nr Banbury, Hare & Hounds
[with Royal Oak Morris] |
Kevin Lodge 01327 261535 |
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| Towersey Morris Men | 12:00 | Towersey, Three Horseshoes
[Christmas Programme 2001 : Mummers & dancing] |
David Goddard | |
| Towersey Morris Men | - | Kingston Blount, Cherry Tree | - | |
| - | - | - | Lewknor, Leathern Bottel | - |
| Ducklington Mummers | 08:30 | Witney, New Inn, Corn St. | Peter West 01869 601451 |
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| - | - | 09:00 | Minster Lovell, White Hart | - |
| - | - | 09:30 | Curbridge, Lord Kitchener | - |
| - | - | 10:00 | Ducklington, Strickland Arms | - |
| - | - | 20:00 | Witney, Robin Hood | - |
| Ducklington Mummers | 20:00 | Witney, Carpenters Arms, Oxford Rd. | Peter West 01869 601451 |
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| - | - | 20:30 | Witney, The Court, West End | - |
| - | - | 21:00 | Witney, House of Windsor, West End | - |
| - | - | 21:30 | Witney, Three Pigeons, Wood Green | - |
| - | - | 22:00 | Ducklington, Bell Inn | - |
| Blewbury Mummers | 19:30 | Blewbury
[Performing at each pub] |
- | |
| Adderbury Mummers | 13:00 | Adderbury, The Bell Inn
[Other informal performances to be decided] |
Verna or Stephen Wass | |
| Towersey Morris Men | - | Towersey, Three Horseshoes
[Christmas Mummers play] |
- | |
| Wantage Mummers | 10:00 | Faringdon, Market Place | Steve Dagnall | |
| - | - | 12:00 | Wantage, The Bear | - |
| - | - | 13:00 | Childrey, The Hatchet | - |
| Banbury Hobby Horse Festival | - | Banbury
[Performers include: Llantrisant Mari Lwyd, Harthill Morris with a Tup, Darlington Mummers with a Tup, a skull horse from Yorkshire, and a "rude" Wooing Horse, and "Mum and Tuk" players from Temple Guiting School, Gloucestershire (melding of Barbadian and English mumming customs), plus "steel donkey".] |
Sandy Glover | |
| Banbury Hobby Horse Festival | - | Banbury | Sandy Glover | |
| Banbury Hobby Horse Festival | - | Banbury | Sandy Glover | |
| Shakespeare Mummers | 22:15 | Balscote, Butcher's Arms (Folk Club) | Michael Dunn 01789 268252 |
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| Abingdon Mummers | 20:00 | Abingdon, Town tour
[We perform the Sunningwell (Oxfordshire) Mummers Play around the local pubs, just before Christmas, and collect for local charities. This year's charity is DAWN, the 'talking local newspaper' service for the blind and partially sighted. Please e-mail or ring for details of pubs/times - we hope to see you!] |
Ian White 01235 531559 |
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| Abingdon Mummers | 20:00 | Drayton & Steventon, World tour
[We perform the Sunningwell (Oxfordshire) Mummers Play around the local pubs, just before Christmas, and collect for local charities. This year's charity is DAWN, the 'talking local newspaper' service for the blind and partially sighted. Please e-mail or ring for details of pubs/times - we hope to see you!] |
Ian White 01235 531559 |
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| Ducklington Mummers | 20:30 | Witney/Ducklington, Five Pubs | Peter West 01869 601451 |
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| Ducklington Mummers | 20:30 | Witney/Ducklington, Five Pubs | Peter West 01869 601451 |
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| Finstock Mummers | 12:30 | Charlbury, Bell Hotel | Tony Cooper 01993 868743 |
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| - | - | 13:00 | Finstock, The Crown | - |
| - | - | 13:30 | Finstock, Plough Inn | - |
| Owlswick Morris | 20:00 | Chinnor, Red Lion
[Mummers' play performance followed by a music session] |
Mary Walter 01494 481459 |
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| Blewbury Mummers | 19:30 | Blewbury
[Performing at each pub] |
- | |
| Adderbury Mummers | 13:00 | Adderbury, Bell Inn | Verna Wass 01295 758222 |
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| Eydon Mummers | 12:15 | Wardington, Hare & Hounds | Kevin Lodge 01327 261535 |
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| Wantage Mummers | 10:00 | Faringdon, Market Place | Steve Dagnall 01793 710401 |
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| - | - | 12:00 | Wantage, The Bear | - |
| - | - | 13:00 | Childrey, The Hatchet | - |
| Hummers' Mummers | 14:00 | Rotherfield Peppard, The Unicorn
[To be confirmed. Doing our own version of Atkinson's 'St George & the Turkish Knight' (1898)] |
Jerry Moreton | |
| - | - | 15:00 | Gallowstree Common, The Reformation | - |
| Hummers' Mummers | 14:00 | Caversham, Clifton Arms, Gosbrook Street
[Doing our own version of Atkinson's 'St George & the Turkish Knight' (1898)] |
Jerry Moreton | |
| - | - | 16:00 | Caversham, Prince of Wales, Prospect Street | - |
| Banbury Hobby Horse Festival | - | Banbury
[National gathering of traditional and modern 'humanimals' that features some folk drama, such as Kentish hoodening, Welsh Mari Lwyd, tup and other mummers plays.] |
Sandy Glover | |
| Banbury Hobby Horse Festival | - | Banbury
[National gathering of traditional and modern 'humanimals' that features some folk drama, such as Kentish hoodening, Welsh Mari Lwyd, tup and other mummers plays.] |
Sandy Glover | |
| Banbury Hobby Horse Festival | - | Banbury
[National gathering of traditional and modern 'humanimals' that features some folk drama, such as Kentish hoodening, Welsh Mari Lwyd, tup and other mummers plays.] |
Sandy Glover | |
| Don Rouse | 19:30 | Eynsham, Eynsham Primary School Hall
["Bampton Mummers" - Talk to the Eynsham History Group] |
Brian Atkins | |
| Abingdon Mummers | pm | Witney, Cogges Manor Farm Museum
[All proceeds will be donated to a local Abingdon charity. Advent Weekend at Cogges Manor Farm Museum - http://tinyurl.com/5ewcj.] |
Ian White 01235 531559 |
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| Abingdon Mummers | pm | Witney, Cogges Manor Farm Museum
[All proceeds will be donated to a local Abingdon charity. Advent Weekend at Cogges Manor Farm Museum - http://tinyurl.com/5ewcj.] |
Ian White 01235 531559 |
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| Oxford City Morris Men | 20:00 | Wolvercote, Oxford, The Plough
[Mumming] |
bagman | |
| - | - | 21:00 | Marston, Oxford, Vicky Arms | - |
| Abingdon Mummers | - | Drayton, Steventon, Out-of-town pub tour
[All proceeds will be donated to a local Abingdon charity.] |
Ian White 01235 531559 |
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| Ducklington Mummers | pm | Witney/Ducklington, 5 Pubs
[Friday evening performances end at Strickland Arms, Ducklington] |
Peter West 01869 601451 |
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| Ducklington Mummers | pm | Witney/Ducklington, 5 Pubs
[Saturday evening performances end at The Bell Inn, Ducklington.] |
Peter West 01869 601451 |
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| Finstock Mummers | 12:30 | Charlbury, Bell Hotel
[Close links with Charlbury Morris] |
Tony Cooper 01993 868743 |
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| - | - | 13:00 | Finstock, The Crown | - |
| - | - | 13:30 | Finstock, Plough Inn | - |
| Abingdon Mummers | - | Abingdon, Town pub tour
[All proceeds will be donated to a local Abingdon charity.] |
Ian White 01235 531559 |
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| Owlswick Morris | 12:30 | Fringford, Butchers Arms | Delly Blane | |
| Wantage Mummers | 10:00 | Faringdon, Market Place | Graham Hubbard | |
| - | - | 12:00 | Wantage, The Bear | - |
| - | - | 13:00 | Childrey, The Hatchet | - |
| Headington Mummers | - | Headington | - | |
| Owlswick Morris | 12:30 | Finstock, The Plough | Delly Blane | |
| Oxford City Morris Men | 20:00 | Oxford, Gardeners Arms, North Parade
[Mumming] |
bagman | |
| - | - | 21:00 | Oxford, Rose & Crown, North Parade | - |
| Shakespeare Mummers | 22:15 | Epwell, Chandlers Arms | Alan Whitbread | |
| Shakespeare Mummers | 22:15 | Epwell, Chandlers Arms | Alan Whitbread | |
| Finstock Mummers | 13:00 | Finstock, The Crown | Tony Cooper 01993 868743 |
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| - | - | 13:30 | Finstock, Plough Inn | - |
| Bampton Mummers | - | Bampton | - | |
| Adderbury Mummers | 13:00 | Adderbury, Bell Inn
[Regular annual performance since 1996, sections of the play are updated each year with topical content, and published on our website.] |
Verna Wass 01295 758222 |
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| Ducklington Traditional Mummers | 12:30 | Ducklington, Bell Inn
[First performance for over 100 years of the Ducklington play recorded by Jesse Fisher in 1884. The cast are all village residents and locals at "The Bell".] |
Roger Barnes 01993 706198 |
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| Owlswick Morris | 12:30 | Fringford, Bicester, Butcher's Arms | Delly Blane 01608 658127 |
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| Wantage Mummers | 10:00 | Faringdon, Market Place | Steve Dagnall 07762 372106 |
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| - | - | 12:00 | Wantage, Bear Hotel | - |
| - | - | 13:00 | Childrey, The Hatchet | - |
| Owlswick Morris | 12:30 | Kingham, The Plough | Delly Blane 01608 658127 |
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| Ducklington Mummers | - | Witney/Crawley/Ducklington, Various pubs
[Life, death, cross dressing, is there anything else?] |
Peter West 01869 601451 |
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| Finstock Mummers | 13:00 | Finstock, The Crown
[Twentieth anniversary of this performance in the village.] |
Tony Cooper 01993 868743 |
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| - | - | 13:30 | Finstock, The Plough Inn | - |
| Ducklington Mummers | - | Witney/Crawley/Ducklington, Various pubs
[Finishing at the bell in Ducklington for much merrymaking.] |
Peter West 01869 601451 |
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| Ancient Men | 19:30 | Oxford, Jericho area
[The Ancient Men will be performing the Holton Mummers Play (collected in 1959) in the Jericho area of Oxford. The itinerary is still being compiled, kick-off some time around 7.30pm.] |
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| Ducklington Traditional Mummers | 12:00 | Ducklington, Strickland Arms
[The second time the play will have been performed this century. Last performances were 1904 and 2005. An unusual 2 act play collected in Ducklington in 1883.] |
Roger Barnes 01993 706198 |
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| - | - | 13:30 | Ducklington, Bell Inn | - |
| Wantage Mummers | 00:00 | Wantage, Bear Hotel | Steve Dagnall 07762 372106 |
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| - | - | 11:00 | Faringdon, Market Place | - |
| - | - | 13:00 | Childrey, The Hatchet | - |
| Bampton Mummers | - | Bampton
[Pubs and private homes.] |
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| Oxford City Morris Men | 20:00 | Old Marston, Victoria Arms | Graham Diggle 01865 485762 |
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| Oxford City Morris Men | 19:30 | Oxford, North Parade | Graham Diggle 01865 485762 |
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| Oxford City Morris Men | 20:30 | Oxford, Folly Bridge Inn | Graham Diggle 01865 485762 |
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