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Mummers and Mumming
Mumming Play - form of drama developed in England in the early 17th cent., based on the legend of St. George and the dragon. The central theme of the play is the death and resurrection of the hero. The mumming play possibly evolved from some primitive folk celebration. However, it is most closely associated with the medieval sword dance, which symbolized the reawakening of the earth from the Read More...
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Mummers and Mumming
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The Mummers' Play and The Old Wives Tale, in Journal of American Folklore
by Roger Dev. Renwick. 23 pgs.
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Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain (Chap. 7 "Mummers' Play and Sword Dance")
by Ronald B. Hutton. 542 pgs.
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Seasonal Feasts and Festivals (1963) ("The Mummers' Play" begins on p. 273)
by E. O. James. 338 pgs.
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The English Folk Play (1933) ("The Mummers' Play and Its Congeners" begins on p. 1)
by E. K. Chambers. 250 pgs.
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Models and Mirrors: Towards an Anthropology of Public Events (Chap. 7 "Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland")
by Don Handelman. 330 pgs.
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The Illustrated Book of Christmas Folklore (Discussion of mummers and mumming begins on p. 113)
by Tristram Potter Coffin. 150 pgs.
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Rethinking Folk Drama (Discussion of mummers and mumming begins on p. 177)
by Steve Tillis. 234 pgs.
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A Companion to the Medieval Theatre ("Momos 'Mummers'; Momeraa 'Mumming'" begins on p. 245)
by Ronald W. Vince. 422 pgs.
