Sound Recording, Oxfordshire
Description
Arnold Woodley, recorded at home in Bampton, talks about Bampton Mummers and his involvement with them since the early 1970s; revival of the team by Ted Hunt; AW's father in the team, pre-World War One; AW asked to gather players, and then to organise the performances; performing on Christmas Eve or Boxing Day, knocking on doors unannounced; financial need of the mummers in the past - compares the morris dancers in Headington; discusses photographs of mummers; talks about learning lines, and the recitation of lines by old members in pubs, picked up by AW as a youngster; the recording of words, and changes to the play text. 18 of 39.
Metadata
| Identifier | nzphvdzp |
| IRN | 414564 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A513r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/nzphvdzp |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Harrop, Peter K |
| Date | 26 May 1979 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 13' 25". |