Mummers' Plays Revisited

Mummers' Plays Revisited
Author: Peter Harrop
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2021-03-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9780367727734

Peter 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 Mummers' Play

The Mummers' Play
Author: Reginald John Elliott Tiddy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 274
Release: 1923
Genre: Folk-drama, English
ISBN:

The English Mummers and Their Plays

The English Mummers and Their Plays
Author: Alan Brody
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2016-11-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1512814814

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Make Merry in Step and Song

Make Merry in Step and Song
Author: Bronwen Forbes
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2009
Genre: Folk dancing, English
ISBN: 073871500X

"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.

The Mummers' Play

The Mummers' Play
Author: Reginald John Elliott Tiddy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1923
Genre: Folk-drama, English
ISBN:

Mummers' Plays Revisited

Mummers' Plays Revisited
Author: Peter Harrop (Professor of Drama)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Criticism, interpretation, etc
ISBN: 9780815348375

Peter 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.

All Silver and No Brass

All Silver and No Brass
Author: Henry Glassie
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1983
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780812211399

"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