The English Folk-Play
By E. K. Chambers
The English Folk-Play
By E. K. Chambers
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THE MUMMERS' PLAY AND ITS CONGENERS
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THE MUMMERS' PLY3
THE PRESENTATION13
THE COMBATION23
THE DISPUTE33
THE LAMENT38
THE AVESTON-SUB-EDGE PLAY41
THE CURE50
JACK FINNEY57
MULTIPLIED COMBATS59
THE QUÊTE63
THE MYLOR PLAY71
COSTUME83
ABNORMAL MUMMERS' PLAYS87
THE PLOUGH PLAY89
THE REVESBY PLAY104
THE SWORD DANCE123
THE AMPLEFORTH PLAY131
THE MORRIS DANCE150
JACK OF LENT153
MEDIEVAL PARALLELS160
SAINT GEORGE170
THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS174
THE STAGE AND THE FOLK185
THE RESIDUAL PROBLEM192
THE PROBLEM OF ORIGIN
PARALLELS FROM WESTERN EUROPE197
PARALLELS FROM THE BALKANS206
A PRIMITIVE LUDUS211
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LUDUS216
WOOING PLAYS229
LIST OF TEXTS236
INDEX245
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