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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.
Author | : Reginald John Elliott Tiddy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Folk-drama, English |
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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.
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.
Author | : Reginald John Elliott Tiddy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Folk-drama, English |
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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.
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
Author | : Alice Inez Richardson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Folk drama, English |
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Author | : Alex Helm |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Chapbooks, English |
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Author | : Frank Shay |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : American drama |
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