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Calderdale Craven
Doncaster Halifax
Harrogate Heptonstall
Knaresborough Ripon
Ripponden Scunthorpe
Sheffield
Calderdale
- Midgley Pace Egg
Calder Valley, Good Friday
The Midgley Pace Egg play is an old tradition within Calder High School,
and has been performed by the school for many years now.
The story is based around Saint George's triumphs and the whole play
boasts of his great champion status. Throughout the performance three
challengers try to defeat Saint George (Bold Slasher, Black Prince
of Paradine and Hector), The play consists of eight characters.
Contact: Billy Painter
C/o Pace Egg, Calder High School, Brier Hey Lane, Mytholmroyd, Hebden
Bridge HX7 5QN
Telephone: 0776 886 3233
Email: billypainter@painterschronicle.co.uk
Website: http://www.painterschronicle.co.uk
04/10
Craven
- Middleton Mummers
Annual Tour of South Craven, Sunday before Christmas Eve. Nine years
so far. Performance mid afternoon at Middleton, before performing
in 5 pubs in Cowling, Sutton in Craven and Cross Hills. All members
come from hamlet of Middleton or nearby village of Cowling.
We perform a combat play. Each year the part of the Turkish Knight's
relative and Beelzebub features celebrities in the news or an important
news item. This is to give relevence for a modern audience and involves
script revision each year.
Craven
Contact: Mark Barnes
Telephone: 01535 637352
Email: marco.barco@btinternet.com
04/10
Doncaster
- Doncaster Mummers
Meetings on Wednesdays in December at the Three Horseshoes, Town End,
Doncaster
Informal group who may occasionally perform a Christmas mummers play
in the Doncaster area.
c/o Three Horseshoes
Town End
Doncaster
Telephone: 07967 566761
Email: p.w@mail.com
04/10
Halifax
Harrogate
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Chewit Well Mummers
Traditional style mummers play: performing mainly at Christmas time.
Contact: Bob Carter
Brookside Cottage, Forest Moor Road, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire HG5 8JY
Telephone / Fax: 01423 863433
Email: bjcarter@ntlworld.com
10/09
Heptonstall
- Heptonstall Pace Eggers
Men's Good Friday Play Mumming play.
Meets Wednesdays
Contact: David Burnop
Telephone: 01422 846277
Email: dburnop@me.com
11/09
Knaresborough
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Knaresborough Mummers
Performing the Marton cum Grafton play round Christmas, plus a repertoire
of about 30 plays for other times of the year including local plays such
as The White Boy from the Hebden Bridge area. Formed 1974.
Meets at Borough Bailiff, Knaresborough; first Thursday of the month. Workshops available.
Contact: John Burrell
8, Sutton Grange Close, Harrogate HG3 2UR
Telephone: 01423 566112
Email: jburrel1@hotmail.co.uk
Website: http://www.knaresboroughmummers.org.uk/
10/08
Ripon
- Ripon Sword Dancers
Traditional Ripon mummers. Though called "Sword Dancers",
the team doesn't actually dance but does mumming on Boxing Day morning.
Contact: Paul Freeman
Telephone: 01765 603133
10/09
- Wakeman Mummers
Based in Ripon, North Yorkshire. Perform traditional-style mummers
plays
Formed 1986 to perform a traditional-style play celebrating the 1100th
anniversary of the granting of Ripon's civic charter; which is still
performed annually, in Ripon, during St. Wilfrids Week ( first week
in
August )
Subsequently researched two traditional plays which are performed
over
the Christmas season in the villages of origin, Skelton-on-Ure and
Topcliffe.
Also have a couple of written items in the same style trotted out
at any
time of the year.
Leader / Scriptwriter - Jim Coulson
Telephone: 07712 880 873
Email: jccoulson@woodexperts.com
Or: Roy Waite
12 Church Lane, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 2ES
Telephone: 01765 600480
Email: roy@roywaite.freeserve.co.uk
Website: http://www.wakemanmummers.org.uk
11/09
Ripponden
Scunthorpe
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Coleby Plough Jag
Revival Plough play performed regularly on Saturday nearest to Plough Monday / January 6th each year in Gainsborough / Scunthorpe area in pubs and public places since 1973. Occasional special performances through the year.
Contact: Steve Hindley
11 West Common Crescent, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN17 1DH
Telephone: 01724 864957
Email: steve.hindley@lineone.net
09/09
Sheffield
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