Ironville (SK4351), Derbyshire

M.W.Barley Collection (1953, R.L.Kirk)

Mrs. Rachel L. Kirk (Col.)
GUYSERS! [Christmas Play from Ironville, Derbys.]
M.W.Barley Collection, Com. 7th Dec.1953, Ref.Ba P 3/3

Full text of a Christmas Guysers play performed by children at Ironville, Derbys., in 1953. The characters are; Door Opener, St. George, Jack Slasher [combatant], Tom Slasher [Jack's father], Doctor/Dr. Brown, Beelzebub and Devildoubt.

Variant: b

Transcript

UNIVERSITY OF NoTTINGHAM [letterhead]
HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT                           DEPARTMENT OF
ADULT EDUCATION
PROFESSOR R. PEERS, O.B.E,. M.C., M.A., J.P.     14-22
SHAKESPEARE STREET
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Variant: d

Transcript

IRONVILLE - GUYSERS PLAY
Collected in 1953 from the 1953 side of children.
DOOR OPENER
  I open the door, I enter in,
  I beg your pardon to begin,
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M.W.Barley Collection (1954b)

[Maurice Willmore Barley] (Col.)
GUYSERS! [Play from Underwood, Notts.]
*M.W.Barley Collection, Perf. 8th Jan.1954, Ref.Ba P 1/35 (?)

Transcript (72 lines) of a Guysers play from Underwood, Notts., performed in 1954. It was made by amending a typescript of an Ironville text (M.W.Barley Collection, 1953, R.L.Kirk). The characters are; Opener In, St. George, Jack Slasher [combatant], Tom Slasher [Jack's father], Doctor/Dr. Brown, Belzebub and Devildoubt.

Variant: b

Transcript

Actually this is Underwood version as done
by boys in the Hole in the Wall, Underwood, Notts.
    8/1/54
COPY
    County Infants' School,
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* indicates data that not yet been validated against the original source and/or has yet to be completely indexed.