The English Mummers and Their Plays : : Traces of Ancient Mystery / / Alan Brody.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Brody, Alan,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]; ©1971
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Folklore and Folklife
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; PREFACE --; CONTENTS --; ILLUSTRATIONS --; ABBREVIATIONS --; ONE. Investigating the Action --; TWO. Performing the Action --; THREE. The Hero-Combat --; FOUR. The Sword Play --; FIVE. The Wooing Ceremony --; SIX. Traces of Ancient Mystery --; APPENDICES --; A. The Netley Abbey Mummers' Play --; B. The Greatham Sword Dance Play --; C. The Bassingham Men's Play 1823 Xmas --; D. Excursus on the Entertainment at Revesby --; E. Excursus on the Papa Stour Text --; F. Lines 109-131 of The Alcestis --; G The Rumanian Kalusari Play --; H. Extract of a Letter from E. M. Leather --; I. An Account of the Mummers, 1793 --; Notes --; Bibliography of Works Consulted --; Index of Characters and Plays --; Index of Subjects
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512814811; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512814811
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alan Brody.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.