Shirebrook (SK5267), Nottinghamshire
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.
Main variant
Transcript
NEW HOUGHTON - CHRISTMAS GUYSERS PLAY
Collected 18th Feb. 1971 fron Wilfred (Bullog) Beale, of New
Houghton, Derbys,
by Peter T. Millington.
(This is a monologue.)
See full transcript...
Variant: b
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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.
Main variant
Transcript
NEW HOUGHTON - CHRISTMAS GUYSERS PLAY
Collected 25th Feb. 1971 from an unnamed informant of New
Houghton, by
Peter T. Millington. Ancillary notes collected mainly from Sam
Richards.
See full transcript...
Variant: b
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