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Paulette-- you might find Robert Laneham's _A Letter whearin, part of the entertainment untoo the Queenz Maiesty, at Killingwoorth Castl... iz signified..._ (1575) of interest. 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. Like the attribution of the Letter, that's debatable. Incidentally, this text (or the entertainment) is sometimes regarded as a source for the fairies masque in _A Midsummer Night's Dream_. best, Tyler Smith According to PJW Marty: > > I'm searching for performances for or by the upper classes that mocked the > lower classes, especially satirical imitations of performance forms or > festive traditions. I'm specifically interested in Elizabethan incidents, > but would welcome any fifteenth- or early sixteenth-century examples from > England or France. Any suggestions? > Thanks, > Paulette Marty > University of Wisconsin-Madison >