https://folkopedia.info/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=PeterMillingtonFolkopedia - User contributions [en]2026-04-15T00:35:20ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.45.3https://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=Drama&diff=3478Drama2007-05-23T09:09:56Z<p>PeterMillington: /* Room, Room, Brave Gallants, Give us Room to Sport! */</p>
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<div>''category editor Dr Eddie Cass''<br />
== Room, Room, Brave Gallants, Give us Room to Sport! ==<br />
'''''.....for in this place we do resort'''''<br />
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to bring you information on the spectacle that is the Mummers Play, plus any other form of traditional street drama.<br />
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Your first stop in any study of this form of drama must be the Traditional Drama Research Group whose [http://www.folkplay.info web site] is hosted by the EFDSS. The site is full of scripts, pictures and information about plays all over the world.<br />
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===Plays performed now===<br />
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The [http://www.mastermummers.org/groupslist.php Master Mummers Directory of Folk Play Groups] has a comprehensive list of over 250 active groups, arranged by county and searchable by keyword. Photographs of many of these groups can be found in the Folk Play Research website's [http://www.folkplay.info/Gallery/Photographs.htm Photo Gallery].<br />
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====North East====<br />
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[[Long Company]] Ripponden. West Yorkshire [http://www.ryburn3step.org.uk/mummers.htm web site]<br />
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[[Midgley Pace Egg]] Calder Valley. West Yorkshire<br />
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[[Heptonstall Pace Egg]] Heptonstall, Calder Valley. West Yorkshire<br />
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[[Bradshaw Mummers]] Bradford area, West Yorkshire<br />
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[[Byker Mummers]] Newcastle on Tyne [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaEOsMBMcxk&mode=related&search= You Tube]<br />
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[[Fylingdale Mummers]] Fylingdale, near Whitby, North Yorkshire<br />
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====South====<br />
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[[Frome Valley Morris Men Mummers Play]] Weymouth, [[Dorset]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPInzda-k_k You Tube]<br />
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[[Wessex Morris Men Mummers Play]] Cerne Abbas, [[Dorset]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8lzIW2fw_Q&mode=related&search= You Tube]<br />
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====South West====<br />
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[[Marshfield Mummers]] Marshfield, Gloucestershire</div>PeterMillingtonhttps://folkopedia.info/index.php?title=Drama&diff=3477Drama2007-05-23T09:07:20Z<p>PeterMillington: /* Plays performed now */</p>
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<div>''category editor Dr Eddie Cass''<br />
== Room, Room, Brave Gallants, Give us Room to Sport! ==<br />
'''''.....for in this place we do resort'''''<br />
<br />
<br />
to bring you information on the spectacle that is the Mummers Play, plus any other form of traditional street drama.<br />
<br />
Your first stop in any study of this form of drama must be the Traditional Drama Research Group whose [http://www.folkplay.info web site] is hosted by the EFDSS. The site is full of pictures and information about plays all over the world.<br />
<br />
<br />
===Plays performed now===<br />
<br />
The [http://www.mastermummers.org/groupslist.php Master Mummers Directory of Folk Play Groups] has a comprehensive list of over 250 active groups, arranged by county and searchable by keyword. Photographs of many of these groups can be found in the Folk Play Research website's [http://www.folkplay.info/Gallery/Photographs.htm Photo Gallery].<br />
<br />
====North East====<br />
<br />
[[Long Company]] Ripponden. West Yorkshire [http://www.ryburn3step.org.uk/mummers.htm web site]<br />
<br />
[[Midgley Pace Egg]] Calder Valley. West Yorkshire<br />
<br />
[[Heptonstall Pace Egg]] Heptonstall, Calder Valley. West Yorkshire<br />
<br />
[[Bradshaw Mummers]] Bradford area, West Yorkshire<br />
<br />
[[Byker Mummers]] Newcastle on Tyne [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaEOsMBMcxk&mode=related&search= You Tube]<br />
<br />
[[Fylingdale Mummers]] Fylingdale, near Whitby, North Yorkshire<br />
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<br />
====South====<br />
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[[Frome Valley Morris Men Mummers Play]] Weymouth, [[Dorset]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPInzda-k_k You Tube]<br />
<br />
[[Wessex Morris Men Mummers Play]] Cerne Abbas, [[Dorset]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8lzIW2fw_Q&mode=related&search= You Tube]<br />
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====South West====<br />
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[[Marshfield Mummers]] Marshfield, Gloucestershire</div>PeterMillington