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Total number of records: 40

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
culture40
english language - dialects38
folk drama36
holidays34
manners and customs34
rites and ceremonies34
folk music26
persons7
clothing and dress6
folk dancing5

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Harrop, Peter K40
Chambers, Tony2
Seal, Graham2
Adams, Ken1
Ayers, Chris1
Bbc1
Beezer, Mr.1
Buckland, Mr.1
Hall, Reg (1933-1933)1
Hutchings, Ashley1

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The Performance of English Folk Plays: A Study in Dramatic Form and Social Function

Harrop, Peter K

1980

Ph.D. thesis based on fieldwork carried out between October 1977 and February 1980, in five places where traditions of the English folk play remain extant. These are the Soulcakers of Antrobus, mummin...

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Sound Recording, Oxfordshire

Harrop, Peter K

2 December 1978

[Collector announcement]; Bampton Mummers performing their Christmas play in Bampton Village Hall. Announcement at the end for Bampton Morris Dancers' party.

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Chambers, Tony; Harrop, Peter K

26 December 1966

[ Ripon Sword Dancers, recorded in the streets of Ripon, perform the Ripon Sword-Dance Play.]

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Sound Recording, Oxfordshire

Harrop, Peter K

24 December 1977

Bampton Mummers performing their Christmas play at the Elephant and Castle pub in Bampton. This is an incomplete recording of the play, starting with the Doctor's speech. Much of the dialogue is maske...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Harrop, Peter K

24 March 1978

Midgley Pace Eggers perform the Midgley Pace Egg Play, on Good Friday in Todmorden. Variable recording level. Further performances on tapes LAVC/SRE/A528r and LAVC/SRE/A529r.

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Sound Recording, North Lincolnshire

Harrop, Peter K

6 January 1978

Pub singing, recorded in the village of Haxey, before the playing of the Haxey Hood game, an inter-village contest held annually between Haxey and Westwoodside, and involving the players' attempt to m...

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Sound Recording, Oxfordshire

Harrop, Peter K

May 1978

Bampton Morris Dancers dancing outside in Bampton; fiddle and accordion accompaniment. Possibly a continuation of the recording on tape LAVC/SRE/A497r.

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Harrop, Peter K

26 December 1977

Ripon Sword Dancers, recorded in the streets of Ripon, perform the Ripon Sword-Dance Play. Collector announces the time and location at the end of the performances. Conclusion of recording which start...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

Harrop, Peter K

26 December 1978

Ripon Sword Dancers, recorded in the streets of Ripon, perform the Ripon Sword-Dance Play. Sixteen performances. Continues on tapes LAVC/SRE/A520r and LAVC/SRE/A521r.

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Harrop, Peter K

24 March 1978

[Collector announcement]; Midgley Pace Eggers perform the Midgley Pace Egg Play, Good Friday, in Midgley; and [collector announcement] in Luddenden. Variable recording level. Wind noise intermittently...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

Harrop, Peter K

26 December 1978

Ripon Sword Dancers, recorded in the streets and pubs of Ripon, perform the Ripon Sword-Dance Play. Traffic noise affects some of the recordings made outside. Conclusion of recording which starts on t...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Harrop, Peter K

24 March 1978

[Collector announcement]; Midgley Pace Eggers perform the Midgley Pace Egg Play, Good Friday, on the Banksfield estate in Mytholmroyd; [collector announcement] in Holme Street, Hebden Bridge; and [col...

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