Evening Post [Nottingham] (1994b)
Source:
Anon. (Auth.)
NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWS: Reporting on NUTHALL, KIMBERLEY, EASTWOOD, HEANOR, RIPLEY and ALFRETON: Going back to folklore: Friends bid to revive guiser plays [in Underwood, Notts.]
Evening Post [Nottingham,
18th Jan.1994, No.35699, p.1Bd-h
An account of the revival of the Underwood guiser play by five men
who originally performed it as children in the 1940s. Maurice Holmes
adapted several local scripts. A photo shows six characters. Five
named in the article are; Opener, St George, Slasher, Doctor and
Devildoubt. The other character in the photo is Beelzebub. Performances
were given at Underwood, Bagthorpe and Brinsley, Notts., and for the Haggs
Farm Preservation Society. Planned venues included Newstead Abbey and
Nottingham Castle.
Index Terms:
| Locations: |
Underwood, Notts. (SK4750); Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Notts. (SK5639); Newstead Abbey, Notts. (SK5453); Bagthorpe, Notts. (SK4751); Brinsley, Notts. (SK4649)
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| Years: |
Rev. 1994; Perf. 1940s
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| Subjects: |
Revival; Guisers; Play; Opener; St. George; Slasher; Devildoubt; Doctor; Beelzebub; Photo; Cast List
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| People: |
Haggs Farm Preservation Society (Audience); Maurice Holmes (Perf.); Keith Simpson (Perf.); Jim Orme (Perf.); Lawrence Dovey (Perf.); Ken Smith (Perf.); Stan Barnes (Perf.)
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| Archives: |
TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00545
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Last Updated Jan 1994 by Peter Millington.
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