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Richard II, Act II, Scene 1 Extract
[1950s-1960s]
Copy from an unidentified publication of lines 40-50 from Act II, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's 'King Richard II'.
Sound Recording, Somerset
Read, John (1884-1963)
1 July 1958
Performance of the first two acts of John Read's Somerset dialect play, 'Wold Ways A-Gwain', recorded in Dinder. This follows an introduction and scene-setting by Mr. J. A. Garton.
Pace Eggers, West Yorkshire
[1960s]
Copy of a photograph of a group of pace eggers performing in the open air at an unidentified location, probably in West Yorkshire. The players are all children (boys), and are all in costume. The play...
Pace Eggers, West Yorkshire
[1960s]
Copy of a photograph of a group of pace eggers performing in the open air at an unidentified location, probably in West Yorkshire. The players are all children (boys), and are all in costume. The Doct...
Pace Eggers, West Yorkshire
[1960s]
Copy of a photograph of a group of pace eggers performing in the open air at an unidentified location, probably in West Yorkshire. The players are all children (boys), and are all in costume. The play...
Wall Painting (Sweden)
March 1965
Slide of Anders Bengtsson's wall painting, 'The Shepherds'/ 'Herdarna', painted in 1858, Norra Bökeberg (Hallands Lan, Sweden). The painting depicts the biblical scene of the Annunciation to the Shep...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
5 January 1977
[Collector announcement]; Jim Wilkinson, recorded at the collector's home in Whitby; sings 'Engine 143', [unidentified fragment], [? 'Jeannie McPherson is a Person with Long Yellow Hair'] and 'Lord of...
Pace Eggers, West Yorkshire
[1960s]
Copy of a photograph of a group of pace eggers performing in the open air at an unidentified location, probably in West Yorkshire. The players are all children (boys), and are all in costume. The Doct...
The Phonology of the Dialect of Spitalfields in the London Borough of Stepney
Goldsack, Beryl
1962
A study of the dialect spoken in the Spitalfields area of the London borough of Stepney, based on data collected from three local informants, interviewed over Easter 1961.
Sound Recording, St. Andrews
Read, John (1884-1963)
December 1957
[Collector announcement]; Professor John Read, reading extracts from his book, 'Farmer's Joy' (Edinburgh: Nelson, 1949). The first is from chapter nineteen, The Camel Play Actors, in which he gives an...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
29 November 1976
[Collector announcement, states date as 30 November]; Jim Wilkinson, recorded at home in Tranmire; talks about Yorkshire monologues; thoughts on poetry and painting and sad songs; sings 'Greenland Wha...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Bergal, Nancy Ann
13 December 1979
John Curtin, recorded in his home in the Armley area of Leeds. Biographical details; interest in Scottish Country Dance bands; accordion, guitar playing as a teenager; distinction made between traditi...