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Great work, Peter. It took until the middle of August before I was happy sitting at a computer. The gash on my shin took a long time to heal -- as I am told gashes on shins do -- and I havn't gone beyond the preliminaries with Eton. Its all there except the translations and that will take a while. I'm back to London on Saturday for the launch on Monday and then a few days in Ireland. I am REALLY home Sunday the 20th On 9/9/2015 12:44 PM, Peter H Greenfield wrote: > > I invite members of REED-L to peruse the Records of Early English > Drama Pre-publication Collections website at http://www.reedprepub.org > <http://www.reedprepub.org/>. Recent additions to the site have made > the Hampshire collection (edited by Jane Cowling and myself) nearly > complete. The site now includes: > > * The addition of civic records of Winchester from 1337 to 1554 > means the site now contains complete runs of records from > Southampton, Winchester, and Winchester College. > > * Newly added records of Newport on the Isle of Wight and of John > Oglander, who was deputy governor of the island, provide evidence > of itinerant performers' visits to the Isle of Wight, and of a > folk custom involving the gathering of wood in Parkhurst Forest, > accompanied by music and dancing. > > * Parish records from Crondall and Stoke Charity offer further > evidence of king ales—church ales combined with king games—along > with a 1585 diocesan letter from Bishop Cooper of Winchester > prohibiting ales, morris dancing and similar entertainments > throughout the diocese. > > The site also includes: > > * Records of St Laurence, Reading, 1498 to 1573, covering a range of > Biblical plays and folk customs (edited by Alexandra F. Johnston). > > * Records of the Scottish Royal Court from 1579 to 1585 include > plays, masking, dancing and other activities at the court of James > VI in the early years of his rule (edited by Sarah Carpenter). > > Comments and questions gratefully received. > > Peter Greenfield > > University of Puget Sound >