The rare performance of the Newport
Mummers Play, being produced in as authentic a fashion as possible, will be at the heart of the Music and Mummers event being held at Cosy Hall starting at 7.30pm on November 16.
The rare performance of the Newport
Mummers Play, which is being produced in as authentic fashion as possible, will be at the heart of the "Music and Mummers" event at Cosy Hall starting at 7.30pm on November 16.
They were acting out a centuries-old
mummers play which involves St George and slaying a dragon.
It involved the decoration and distribution of eggs by the 'pace-eggers' - usually a group of garishly-dressed actors who performed a traditional
mummers play in the street and collected money.
Crowds gather to watch the Marshfield Mummers, The OId Time Paper Boys, wearing costumes made from old newspapers, performing their traditional Boxing Day
mummers play in the village of Marshfield in Wiltshire.
In the main event, there will be breathtaking fire sculptures, a fire circus and actors who will put on a short
Mummers play, where Jack Frost and the Green Man will battle for victory.
The men and women would swap clothes, put on masks and visit neighbours, singing, dancing or putting on a
Mummers play with a silly plot.
There will be a
mummers play before a procession heads off to the historic George Tavern for more midwinter revellery.
Good question, in the Middle Ages, the "
Mummers Play" was a traditional folk play performed during festive gatherings - that contained many of the elements of the contemporary pantomime, such as stage fights, comedy and magical creatures.
This copy, The
Mummers Play, taken from an old M.S.
www.fishermenandfiremen.co.uk (2) For something a bit different on Boxing Day, visit the beautiful Cotswold town of Marshfield and watch a
Mummers play. The plays are short, traditional verse sketches performed over Christmas and at festivals.
"Popular Drama and the
Mummers Play." In David Pradby, Louis James and Bernard Sharratt eds., Performance and Politics in Popular Drama: Aspects of Popular Entertainment in Theatre, Film and Television 1800-1976: 139-166.