Sound Recording, Gloucestershire

Description

Jack Tomes, recorded at the Cotswold House Hotel in Chipping Campden, talks about the Chipping Campden Mummers; their costume; performing the play for the film director, Richard Todd, in Broad Campden; knocking on doors and the element of surprise; anecdotes re. people's responses to the mummers; house visiting - not performed in pubs - on Christmas Eve, starting the week before on St. David's Night; refers to previous mummers, including his father, brothers, uncle and son; reference to a tape recording of a performance; JT and his sons now performing the play; describes a performance, the words and players' entrances; recites words and explains the props; his preference for stage performances; talks about the mummers' costumes, including paper streamers and their function; JT mumming since before World War Two; teaching his sons the roles; the financial incentive for youngsters; missing a year to ensure a better response the following year; financial aspect of mumming in the past - unemployment at Christmas; describes Christmas past; the poaching by others of the mummers' song; describes the transmission of the play text, and his uncle writing the words out for a school performance; preservation of tradition, passing on to his sons; problems with outsiders performing the play (reference to the BBC). 20 of 39.

Metadata

Identifier	fd71s1x2
IRN	414566
Class Mark	LAVC/SRE/A515r
Level	Item
Type of Record	Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link	http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/fd71s1x2
Collection(s)	Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category	Archive
Parent Record	Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s)	Harrop, Peter K
Date	4 December 1978
Size and Medium	1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 42' 56".

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