Originally prepared for textual analysis during his PhD research on the 'Origins and Development of English Folk Plays' by Peter Millington (2002).
Original spelling and typography is retained, except that superscripts, long s and ligatured forms are not encoded.
Line identifiers are those used for line types in the Folk Play Scripts Explorer.
Footnote 1: "An illegible symbol, might possibly stand for 20."
Gatty's Notes:N.B. The handwriting is clearly that of a boy. The script is endorsed by Mrs. Eden " E. Isham, Broadwell ". From other sources I learn that Isham was boot-boy at Hill Brow Preparatory School at Rugby, of which Mr. Eden was then Head-master. The date is certainly 1900 or 1901.
Peter Millington's Notes:In "English Ritual Drama" by E.C.Cawte et al (1967) p.60, two sources are listed for Broadwell, the second source being the T.F.Ordish Collection. These are also listed for the neighbouring village of Leamington Hastings (SP4467). These are footnoted as follows:
E.C.Cawte et al's footnote:"The texts of these two plays are identical, and the original source, E.Isham, the same in both cases. The text in OrdC is labelled Leamington Hastings, and that in CatL, Broadwell. A separate note in OrdC refers to a Broadwell play, but no text or any other detail is given. Under the circumstances therefore, we have given both locations, but whether or not one team served both, or two separate teams used the same text, it is now impossible to say."