Paulette
Lydgate's Mumming at Hertford (_Minor Poems, EETS 192, pp. 675-82,
is a "disguysing of the rude vpplandisshe people conpleynyng on hir
wyves."
Larry Clopper
On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, PJW Marty wrote:
> 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
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>
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