King George and the Turkish knight : old Sussex play / collected by Isobel Horn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horn, Isobel.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

King George and the Turkish knight. 1921.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mumming plays.

Folk drama, English.

Mysteries and miracle-plays, English.

Genre:

Drama.

Penn Provenance:

Ramsay-Cohn, Albert (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Ramsay-Cohn, Constance (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 16 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Ditchling, Sussex : Printed [and Published] at S. Dominic's Press, 1921.

Notes:

"Old mumming play ... a good example of genuine folk drama played by the peasantry during the 18th and 19th centuries, its origin dating back to the days of the miracle plays, of which these dramas are undoubtedly an off-shoot"--p. [3]

Published in 240 copies with engraving.--Cf. Sewell, B. St. Dominic's Press, 43.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has armorial bookplate of Albert M. Ramsay-Cohn and Constance his wife.

Cited in:

Sewell, B. St. Dominic's Press, 43

OCLC:

15309818