New Houghton (SK4965), Derbyshire
P.T.Millington Collection (1971a)
[Anon.] (Perf.)
[Christmas Guysers play from New Houghton, Derbys.]
P.T.Millington Collection,
Col. 1971
Text (45 lines) of a Christmas Guysers play from New Houghton, Derbys.,
featuring the characters Saint George, Turkish Knight, Doctor, Belsi Bub and
Spare Man. This was performed in the late 1930s, and the performers were
apparently taught the play at school. This anonymous informant had previously
provided a text when interviewed along with Sam Richards (see separate record
dated 25th Feb.1971). He wrote this text down later. There are small
differences between the two.
P.T.Millington Collection (1971, S.Richards et al)
Sam Richards (Perf.); Tom Jones (Perf.)
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE FOLK DRAMA RECORDED BY PETER T. MILLINGTON: NEW HOUGHTON Derby Christmas Guysers Play SK 4965
P.T.Millington Collection,
Col. 1971
Brief note as follows:-
"Recorded in 1971 from Sam Richards and others of New Houghton.
Alternative part for Beelzebub from Sam Richards.
In comes I Bellzebub,
In my hand I carry a club,
In my hand a dripping pan,
Don't you think I'm a jolly old man ?
If you don't, I do.
I've a little money box that speaks without a tongue,
A little bit of money will do it no wrong. (laugh)
With a chink, chink, chink,
I'll sup my drink,
and there's nowt like ready money.
Several men in the bar of the Stanton Hotel, especially Tom Jones, said that
there should be about fourteen parts. These were obviously mainly
supernumeraries. One was Devil Doubt, although as yet no words have been
collected, neither have the names of the other characters."
P.T.Millington Collection (1971g)
Anon. (Inf.)
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE FOLK DRAMA RECORDED BY PETER T. MILLINGTON: PLEASLEY Notts SK 5064
P.T.Millington Collection,
Col. 4th Feb.1971
Brief note as follows:-
"Recorded on the 4th February 1971 from an unknown informant at the White Swan,
Pleasley.
The informant remembered plays performed by participants with blackened faces
and costumes and involving Saint George, a Doctor and possibly Beelzebub. He
was familiar with both the terms Plough Bullocks and Guysers. The latter
probably has something to do with the visits of New Houghton Guysers to
Pleasley, and the former to visiting Mansfield Plough Bullocks, but it is also
probable that Pleasley had a play of its own, but which type cannot yet be
said."
P.T.Millington Collection (1971, W.Beale)
Wilfred Beale (Perf.)
NEW HOUGHTON - CHRISTMAS GUYSERS PLAY
P.T.Millington Collection,
Col. 18th Feb.1971
*Text (37 lines) of a monologue - all that remains of a Guysers' play -
recited at Christmas by "Bulldog" Beale in the pubs of New Houghton, Derbys.,
and Pleasley and Shirebrook, Notts. He first performed the play in about 1927,
and was still reciting the monologue in 1971. The text is transcribed from a
tape recording and field notes. The characters mentioned in the monologue are;
an introducer, Saint George, Doctor and Bellzebub.
P.T.Millington Collection (1971, Anon. & S.Richards)
Anon. (Perf.); Sam Richards (Perf.)
NEW HOUGHTON - CHRISTMAS GUYSERS PLAY
P.T.Millington Collection,
Col. 25th Feb.1971
Text (29 lines) of a Christmas, Guysers play performed in the 1930s, from New
Houghton, Derbys. This text was collected by interview. The same informant
later also wrote down the text, with slight differences (see separate record).
The characters are; Saint George, Turkish Knight, Doctor and Beelsi Bub. A
detailed itinerary includes locations in New Houghton & Glapwell, Derbys., and
Pleasley, Mansfield & Shirebrook, Notts. In the late 1950s, a team also took
the play to Chesterfield, Derbys.
P.T.Millington Collection (1971, T.Marriot)
*T. Marriot (Inf.)
*Derby Tup play from New Houghton, Derbys.
*P.T.Millington Collection,
Col. 25th Feb.1971
*A Derby Tup play was performed around
New Year in New Houghton, Derbys., about 1930. Characters
mentioned: Woman/Our Owd Lass, The Tup, and Butcher.
[I am having difficulty locating the my field notes for
this record - PTM, Mar.2005.]
* indicates data that not yet been validated against the original source and/or has yet to be completely indexed.
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