R.W.Storer (1983)
Source:
Ronald W. Storer (Ed.)
SELSTON 1913: 'END OF AN ERA': AND THE BIRTH OF OUR SELSTON BRANCH OF THE WORKERS' EDUCATION ASSOCIATION [includes muummers play]
Selston: Selston Branch of the Workers' Education Association, 1983
The chapter entitled "Selson Mummers" gives the full text (83 lines) of
a mummers play performed at Christmas and New Year in Selston, Notts.,
during the first quarter of the 20th Century. It was collected from Abraham
Edward Simpson Coleman who was born about 1900. The characters are;
Introducer, Bull-Guy, King George's Son, [Bull-Guy's Father], Doctor and
Beelzebub/Bel-ze-bub.
Variant: 91sk45sc
Master Mummers Folk Play Script
Index Terms:
| Locations: |
Selston, Notts. (SK4553)
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| Years: |
Perf. Early 20th Century; Publ. 1983
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| Subjects: |
Mummers; Full Text; Play; Christmas; New Year; Introducer; Bull-Guy; King George's Son; Bull-Guy's Father; Doctor; Beelzebub; Bel-ze-bub
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| People: |
Abraham Edward Simpson Coleman (Perf.)
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| Archives: |
TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00559
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Last Updated Oct 1994 by Peter Millington.
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