The English Mummers and Their Plays : Traces of Ancient Mystery / Alan Brody.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brody, Alan, Author.

Series:

Anniversary Collection

Folklore and Folklife

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk drama, English.

Mumming--England.

Mumming.

England.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2016

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

ABBREVIATIONS

ONE. Investigating the Action

TWO. Performing the Action

THREE. The Hero-Combat

FOUR. The Sword Play

FIVE. The Wooing Ceremony

SIX. Traces of Ancient Mystery

APPENDICES

A. The Netley Abbey Mummers' Play

B. The Greatham Sword Dance Play

C. The Bassingham Men's Play 1823 Xmas

D. Excursus on the Entertainment at Revesby

E. Excursus on the Papa Stour Text

F. Lines 109-131 of The Alcestis

G The Rumanian Kalusari Play

H. Extract of a Letter from E.M. Leather

I. An Account of the Mummers, 1793

Notes

Bibliography of Works Consulted

Index of Characters and Plays

Index of Subjects

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781512814811

1512814814

OCLC:

979597104