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Guisers' and Mummers' Plays are short traditional verse sketches performed at Christmas and other festivals, and taken round pubs and private houses in return for cash and refreshments.

What's New - 21st March 2008 New Home Page Photograph. Thomas Fairman Ordish Collection Checklist. - Garland Films' Derby Tup now for sale on Morris Ring DVD. Introduction A brief introduction to British & Irish folk plays, with links to further information. Traditional Drama Research Group A summary of the aims and work of the TDRG. Traditional Drama Forum The TDRG's online newsletter, 2000-. Latest issue. Roomer Contents and Indexes The TDRG's newsletter (soon to be online), 1980-1991. There are indexes to authors - including those of every reference, places by county, subjects and classes.

Stockport Pace Eggers in The Queens, Portwood, Mar.2008. Photo by Isobel Jackson.

Artefacts An annotated list of over 30 old artefacts, indexed by county. Books An annotated list of over 60 books, compiled by Ron Shuttleworth, on British & Irish folk plays. Links A database of over 1,500 links to other web pages and websites, indexed by subject or county. Performances & Photographs A database of those forthcoming, and those past, indexed by county. And photographs of them; there are indexes to counties and photographers. Researchers A partial list of them and their folk play interests. Not all are members of the TDRG. Scripts A database of about 220 folk play texts, concentrating on the oldest available, and their literary and ballad relatives. There are indexes to counties, proposed new classes and characters. Traditional Drama Conferences A list of papers - including abstracts and where published, presented at the TDRG's conferences, and one other, 1978-2002. There is an index to authors. Traditional Drama Studies Contents The TDRG's journal, 1985-1996. Where many papers presented at the TDRG's conferences were published.

Ron Shuttleworth Collection The Morris Ring Folk Play Archive. The inventory is a database (soon to be online) of about 6,000 records of British & Irish folk plays. There are indexes to authors, journals, dates, places, counties, subjects and classes. Alex Helm Collection Inventory A database of about 3,700 records of British & Irish folk plays, Morris dancing, etc., deposited in University College London Library. There are indexes to authors, journals and dates. James Madison Carpenter Collection Catalogue A database with about 500 records of British folk plays, as well as records of ballads, songs, customs, etc., deposited in the Library of Congress. There are indexes to names and places. First lines are quoted. Thomas Fairman Ordish Collection Checklist A list of about 670 records of British & Irish folk plays, deposited, with the Archives of the Folklore Society, in University College London Library. They are filed by county. Nottinghamshire Folk Plays & Related Customs Bibliography A database of about 800 records of folk plays and Plough Monday customs from Notts. and adjacent counties. There are indexes to places by county and authors. Some sources are quoted in full. North American Academic Theses Bibliography A list of over 162 theses, from North American colleges and universities, on traditional drama and related topics.

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