The Mummers' Play
Author: Reginald John Elliott Tiddy
Publisher:
Published: 1923
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13:
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Mummers' Plays Revisited
Author: Peter Harrop
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-03-31
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780367727734
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPeter Harrop offers a reappraisal of mummers' plays, which have long been regarded as a form of 'folk' or 'traditional' drama, somehow separate from the mainstream of British theatre. This fresh view of folk and tradition explores how mummers' plays emerged in an 18th century theatrical environment of popular spouting clubs and private theatricals, yet quickly transformed into 'traditionary' drama with echoes of an ancient past. Harrop suggests that by the late 19th century the plays had been appropriated by antiquarians and folklorists, leaving mummer's plays as a strangely separate and categorised form. This book considers how that happened, and the ways in which these late 19th century ideas were absorbed into the mummers' plays, providing a new lease of life for them in the 20th and 21st centuries. Ideal for anyone with a specialised interest in this unique form, Mummers' Plays Revisited spans recent work in theatre history, performance studies and folklore to offer a comprehensive and engaging study.
Make Merry in Step and Song
Author: Bronwen Forbes
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 073871500X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"See the blazing Yule before us..." This is just one of the many ancient British folk songs we all know and love. Other tunes and symbols that tug on our memories have similar historical roots, hearkening back to a shared Pagan past. These dances, songs, and theatrical plays in the English folk tradition are now little known to most of the modern Pagan community. Reviving these vital traditions can bring new life to Renaissance festivals, neopagan rituals, and community events. Introducing the lively music and homegrown entertainments of times long past, this descriptive how-to is designed for twenty-first-century joviality. The songs, dances, and plays of old are explained in their mythical, seasonal, and historical significance and outlined for easy reenactment. Simple-to-follow instructions detail six dances including the popular Abbots Bromley Horn dance, six full scripts for dramatic performances of Mummer's Plays (folk plays of death and rebirth), and over thirty songs with lyrics and music. Kick up your heels, hold high your skirts, and make merry the year through.
All Silver and No Brass
Author: Henry Glassie
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780812211399
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A beautifully written exploration of a vanishing holiday ritual that can be traced back to the dramas of the sixteenth century and beyond." --Philadelphia Inquirer
The Mummers' Play, By R.J.E. Tiddy. With a Memoir
Author: Reginald John Elliott Tiddy
Publisher:
Published: 1923
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMedieval and Tudor Drama
Author: John Gassner
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780936839844
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents examples of folk drama, and morality plays, and the early tragedies and comedies following classical models
The Routledge Companion to English Folk Performance
Author: Peter Harrop
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-07-12
Total Pages: 814
ISBN-13: 1000401596
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis broad-based collection of essays is an introduction both to the concerns of contemporary folklore scholarship and to the variety of forms that folk performance has taken throughout English history. Combining case studies of specific folk practices with discussion of the various different lenses through which they have been viewed since becoming the subject of concerted study in Victorian times, this book builds on the latest work in an ever-growing body of contemporary folklore scholarship. Many of the contributing scholars are also practicing performers and bring experience and understanding of performance to their analyses and critiques. Chapters range across the spectrum of folk song, music, drama and dance, but maintain a focus on the key defining characteristics of folk performance – custom and tradition – in a full range of performances, from carol singing and sword dancing to playground rhymes and mummers' plays. As well as being an essential reference for folklorists and scholars of traditional performance and local history, this is a valuable resource for readers in all disciplines of dance, drama, song and music whose work coincides with English folk traditions.
The Mummers' Play
Author: Reginald J. E. Tiddy
Publisher:
Published: 1923
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780856090141
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMummers' Plays Revisited
Author: Peter Harrop
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-06-18
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 1000021157
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPeter Harrop offers a reappraisal of mummers’ plays, which have long been regarded as a form of ‘folk’ or ‘traditional’ drama, somehow separate from the mainstream of British theatre. This fresh view of folk and tradition explores how mummers’ plays emerged in an 18th century theatrical environment of popular spouting clubs and private theatricals, yet quickly transformed into ‘traditionary’ drama with echoes of an ancient past. Harrop suggests that by the late 19th century the plays had been appropriated by antiquarians and folklorists, leaving mummer’s plays as a strangely separate and categorised form. This book considers how that happened, and the ways in which these late 19th century ideas were absorbed into the mummers’ plays, providing a new lease of life for them in the 20th and 21st centuries. Ideal for anyone with a specialised interest in this unique form, Mummers’ Plays Revisited spans recent work in theatre history, performance studies and folklore to offer a comprehensive and engaging study.
The Mummer's Song
Author: Bud Davidge
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
Published: 2009-09-28
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780888999603
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA celebration of a regional Christmas custom tells how Granny's Newfoundland house is visited by the mummers, masked and costumed figures, who turn the night into a wild revel with their jokes and dancing.
