Nicker Hill (SK6231), Nottinghamshire
Nottingham Guardian (1949b)
[Anon.] (Auth.)
PLOUGH MONDAY PLAYERS CALL [Tollerton, Notts.]
Nottingham Guardian,
8th Jan.1949, No.28886, p.5 h
Report of a performance of Plough Monday play by the team from Tollerton,
Notts. The account is based around the experience of Ernie Burton, who
remembered seeing the play being performed when a child in Edwalton "over 50
years ago." Two or three text fragments are quoted, and the characters were;
Tom Fool, Recruiting Sergeant, Farm Man/Farmer's Man, Dame Jane, Lady Bright
and Gay, Doctor and Thrasher Blade. The itinerary included Hall Farm,
Tollerton, Normanton, Knicker Hill, Cotgrave, Keyworth and Plumtree. All the
actors are named. Ernie is quoted as saying, "In the old days it was the
custom to take a plough and threaten to plough a furrow across the lawn if no
reward was forthcoming."
Nottingham Journal (1949a)
[Anon.] (Auth.)
Mummers' Visit to Hall Farm: Medieval Play at Tollerton
Nottingham Journal,
8th Jan.1949, No.38366, p.6 d-f,e
Plough Monday play by a team from Tollerton, Notts., first revived in
1948. They also visited; Plumtree, Cotgrave, Keyworth, Normanton, and
Nicker Hill. The characters were; Tom Fool, Recruiting Sergeant, Farmer's
Man, Dame Jane, Old Threshing Blades, Doctor and Lady Bright and Gay.
A photograph shows seven characters in costume watching Tom Fool knocking
on door with the caption:
"The seven characters in Tollerton's Plough Play
- all farm workers - which starts on Monday, had a dress rehearsal last
night. Picture shows them arriving at the door of Tollerton Hall Farm
to give the first performance with 'Tom Fool' knocking for admission."
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