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Does anyone know of records for other performances that describe aristocrats amused by the efforts of local performers? Or any records of aristocrats as players satirizing lower class traditions or performances? Thanks, Paulette Marty University of Wisconsin-Madison At 08:32 AM 6/12/01 +0100, you wrote: >On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:45:59 -0400 Tyler Smith ><[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > Bruce R. Smith recently argued that Laneham's descriptions of a peasant > > marriage ceremony and a Coventry artisans' Hock Tuesday play there are > > designed to amuse elite readers. > > >As did I, in "Kingston to Kenilworth: early plebeian morris", Folklore, vol. >100, 1989, no. 1, 88-104 -- or rather, they are looking at them >humorously from a position of detachment > > >Michael Heaney >Head of Service Assessment and Planning >University Library Services >University of Oxford >[log in to unmask]