Pleasley (SK5064), Nottinghamshire
P.T.Millington Collection (1971g)
Anon. (Inf.)
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE FOLK DRAMA RECORDED BY PETER T. MILLINGTON: PLEASLEY Notts SK 5064
P.T.Millington Collection,
Col. 4th Feb.1971
Brief note as follows:-
"Recorded on the 4th February 1971 from an unknown informant at the White Swan,
Pleasley.
The informant remembered plays performed by participants with blackened faces
and costumes and involving Saint George, a Doctor and possibly Beelzebub. He
was familiar with both the terms Plough Bullocks and Guysers. The latter
probably has something to do with the visits of New Houghton Guysers to
Pleasley, and the former to visiting Mansfield Plough Bullocks, but it is also
probable that Pleasley had a play of its own, but which type cannot yet be
said."
P.T.Millington Collection (1971, W.Beale)
Wilfred Beale (Perf.)
NEW HOUGHTON - CHRISTMAS GUYSERS PLAY
P.T.Millington Collection,
Col. 18th Feb.1971
*Text (37 lines) of a monologue - all that remains of a Guysers' play -
recited at Christmas by "Bulldog" Beale in the pubs of New Houghton, Derbys.,
and Pleasley and Shirebrook, Notts. He first performed the play in about 1927,
and was still reciting the monologue in 1971. The text is transcribed from a
tape recording and field notes. The characters mentioned in the monologue are;
an introducer, Saint George, Doctor and Bellzebub.
P.T.Millington Collection (1971, Anon. & S.Richards)
Anon. (Perf.); Sam Richards (Perf.)
NEW HOUGHTON - CHRISTMAS GUYSERS PLAY
P.T.Millington Collection,
Col. 25th Feb.1971
Text (29 lines) of a Christmas, Guysers play performed in the 1930s, from New
Houghton, Derbys. This text was collected by interview. The same informant
later also wrote down the text, with slight differences (see separate record).
The characters are; Saint George, Turkish Knight, Doctor and Beelsi Bub. A
detailed itinerary includes locations in New Houghton & Glapwell, Derbys., and
Pleasley, Mansfield & Shirebrook, Notts. In the late 1950s, a team also took
the play to Chesterfield, Derbys.
* indicates data that not yet been validated against the original source and/or has yet to be completely indexed.
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