H.Armitage (1913)


Source:

*Harold Armitage (Auth.)
*Sorrelsykes
London: Wheeler & Co. Ltd., 1913, pp.25-41

*This book includes the full text (193 lines) of a Christmas play from Whiston, Yorks., performed about 1883. The characters are: Fool, St. George, Slasher, Doctor, Prince of Paradine, King of Egypt, Hector, Beelzebub and Devil Doubt. The script is the same as in "The Peace Egg" chapbooks, and like them is arranged in two acts.

This script formed part of the repertoire of Nottingham's Owd Oss Mummers.

The original book has not yet been seen. The location, date and time of year have been drawn from the relevant entry in E.C.Cawte et al's "English Ritual Drama" (1967) p.65.

Index Terms:

Locations: *Whiston, West Riding, Yorks. (SK4590)
Years: *Perf. about 1883
Subjects: *Full Text; Christmas; Play; Fool; St. George; Slasher; Doctor; Prince of Paradine; King of Egypt; Hector; Beelzebub; Devil Doubt; "The Peace Egg"; Chapbook
People: Owd Oss Mummers (Perf.)
Archives: TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00793;
A.S.Buxton Collection, Black & red notebook, pp.1-19

* indicates data that has not yet been validated against the original source and/or has yet to be completely indexed.


Last Updated Mar 2005 by Peter Millington.