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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
Harrop, Peter K
1979
[Collector announcement]; two Pace Egg Play performances, performed as part of the conference, Perspectives on Folk Drama, held at Bretton Hall College, Bretton Hall. Collector announces the date as t...
Pace Egg Plays and Mumming: Correspondence
1975
This file contains photocopies of ms. letters sent to Mr. Gerald Tyler on Pace Egg plays and mumming in Brighouse. The correspondence appears to be in response to appeals for information in the 'Brigh...
Folk Drama and the Chapbook. A Study of the Folk Play in Greater Manchester
Stevenson, Peter
1976
[M.A.] dissertation examining the folk play and printed Chapbook versions of the play in the Greater Manchester area of England. Its first two chapters present the available evidence on the subject, e...
Folk Drama: General
1956-1980
This file contains a copy of Alex Helm's typed 'Index of Folk Plays' (complete to June 1956), [41] leaves, with ms. annotations; a copy of 'Traditional Drama: S[urvey of] L[anguage and] F[olklore]. Re...
Uffington Mummers' Play
1972
This file contains items relating to the Mummers' play performed at Uffington (Oxfordshire). This includes a photocopy of typed text of the songs performed, and a transcription of the words of the 'Uf...
Traditional Drama Conference Papers
1978
This file contains copies of papers delivered at the Traditional Drama one-day conference on aspects of current scholarship in traditional British plays, at the University of Sheffield, 21 October 197...
St. George and the Dragon: A Study in Folk Art
Green, R J
1964
M.A. study [submitted as part of an English Literature degree] comprising ten chapters and five appendices. These discuss definitions of the folk play (with reference made to related calendar customs)...
Winter and Spring Festivals
1965-1980
This file contains items relating to New Year, Valentine's Day and Shrove Tuesday customs. This includes a typed copy of a letter from Clare Elkin to Stewart Sanderson on the custom of painting New Ye...
Christmas Traditions
1964-1972
This file contains items relating to Christmas traditions, and includes two photocopies of the section on Christmas (including Christmas Eve, games, mumming, Christmas Day, carols, decorations, food, ...
Towns
1968-1979
This subseries, comprising a single file only, contains items relating to aspects of towns and town life. This includes Stella Margetson's article on Victorian pantomime, focussing on London theatres,...
Dialect recording in Todmorden, West Yorkshire
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
Apr 1939
[Side 1] Speakers demonstrate local pronunciation of Keelam Heights, discuss Chartist Meetings at Basin Stones (1842), recall local characters and all night sessions playing dominoes and cards at ale ...
Current Superstitions Television Script
Jay, Catharine
[1970s]
This file contains a transcript of television recordings made for a programme on contemporary popular superstitions and beliefs. The main part of the transcript is typed, and consists of eight rolls o...