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Mummers' Plays Revisited (Paperback)
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Mummers' Plays Revisited (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
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Peter Harrop offers a reappraisal of mummers' plays, which have
long been regarded as a form of 'folk' or 'traditional' drama,
somehow separate from the mainstream of British theatre. This fresh
view of folk and tradition explores how mummers' plays emerged in
an 18th century theatrical environment of popular spouting clubs
and private theatricals, yet quickly transformed into
'traditionary' drama with echoes of an ancient past. Harrop
suggests that by the late 19th century the plays had been
appropriated by antiquarians and folklorists, leaving mummer's
plays as a strangely separate and categorised form. This book
considers how that happened, and the ways in which these late 19th
century ideas were absorbed into the mummers' plays, providing a
new lease of life for them in the 20th and 21st centuries. Ideal
for anyone with a specialised interest in this unique form,
Mummers' Plays Revisited spans recent work in theatre history,
performance studies and folklore to offer a comprehensive and
engaging study.
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