Location | Grid Ref. | Extant | Time of Appearance | Text | Play Class | Sources | Note |
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Belford | (NU1033) | c. 1932 | Christmas and New Year | Frag. | Hero-Combat | Cawte Coll. | |
Cambo | (NZ0285) | 19th cty | Christmas | No Text | Hero-Combat | Bosanquet (1929) | |
Earsdon | (NZ3272) | before 1900 | Christmas | Frag. | Sword Dance + execution | Sharp (1911), Cawte Coll., Carpenter Coll. | [1.] |
Earsdon | (NZ3272) | c. 1869 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Carpenter Coll. | [1.] |
( | Sharp (1911), Cawte Coll. | [2.] | |||||
Ellingham | (NU1725) | Christmas | No Text | Hero-Combat | McGonigle (1925) | ||
Embleton | (NU2322) | 1925 | Christmas | Frag. | Hero-Combat | Craster (1925) | |
Ford | (NT9437) | 1902 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Neville (1909) | |
Hexham | (NY9364) | 1870 | No Text | Sword Dance | Cook (1933) | ||
Holy Island | (NU1241) | 1956 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Cawte Coll., Perry (1946) | [3.] |
Kirkwhelpington | (NY9984) | 19th cty | Christmas | Frag. | Hero-Combat | Bosanquet (1929) | |
Newcastle upon Tyne | (NZ2564) | 1788 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Alexander and the King of Egypt (1788) | [4.] |
Otterburn | (NY8893) | 19th cty | Christmas | No Text | Hero-Combat | Bosanquet (1929) | |
Rock | (NU2020) | 1880's | Christmas | No Text | Hero-Combat | Bosanquet (1929) | |
Rothbury | (NU0501) | 1910 | Christmas | No Text | Hero-Combat | Ordish Coll. | |
Scremerston | (NU0149) | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Ordish Coll. | ||
South | Frag. | Doubtful | Denham (1895) | ||||
Throckley | (NZ1566) | c. 1915 | Christmas | Frag. | Hero-Combat | Cawte Coll. | |
West Woodburn | (NY8986) | 19th cty | Christmas | No Text | Hero-Combat | Bosanquet (1929) | [5.] |
Westerhope | (NZ1967) | Christmas and New Year | No Text | Sword Dance + execution | Cawte Coll. | ||
Widdrington (a) | (NZ2595) | 1880's | Christmas and New Year | Frag. | Sword Dance | Cawte Coll. | |
Widdrington (b) | (NZ2595) | c. 1900 | Christmas | Frag. | Hero-Combat | Cawte Coll. | |
Wooler | (NT9928) | Hallowe'en | Frag. | Hero-Combat | Denham (1895) |
Footnotes | |
1. | Pt.2 New substitute entry |
2. | This is a wholly atypical text, one of the dancers being killed in the manner of an 'Hero-Combat' play, and the Bessy being 'hung' in the 'Sword Dance + execution' form. The dance continued after this date without any trace of a play. Pt.2 change: delete entire entry and substitute [two new entries]. |
3. | See p.19. Pt.2 change: Source Perry (1946) added |
4. | Alexander and the King of Egypt (1788) is the earliest reported copy of a chapbook, and was printed in Newcastle upon Tyne. This is the only evidence for the inclusion of this location. |
5. | Bosanquet (1929) gives 'Woodburn'. There are two of these, near Otterburn, East and West. The latter is on the main road and better known. |