Paper Bag Mummers adds Ritual Drama to NEFFA Ritual Dance
NEFFA performer packets are out, and the Paper Bag Mummers have been scheduled for Sunday, April 21 at 1:00 pm. We are performing right after Red Herring and Pipe Dream, and with two of the high school teams: Green Mountain Morris and Fresh Blood Rapper (a subset of Great Meadows). We will do a Pace-Egging Play divided into two acts, I for the fight and II for the revival.
RSVP here please!
When & Where
Sunday, April 21, 12:45 pm at Mansfield High School, 250 East St, Mansfield, MA
Background
"On Good Friday some poor children would go round the farms 'pace egging'. 'Please a pace egg' was a cry and, as eggs were cheap, there was seldom a refusal. In the spring when eggs were plentiful, hundreds were collected by school children for use in Southport Infirmary." --Janet Dandy, History and Recollections of TARLETON (Lancashire)
""The Easter Pace Egging was always enjoyed and the pennies we collected were well spent up at Hollingworth Lake on Good Friday afternoon." --Cyril Rodgers, Story of growing up around Queensway, Rochdale
Pace-Egging article from Culture UK
Texts (under discussion)
Pace, Peace, or Paste Egging [Hulme, 1842] multi-fight
Hawkshead Easter Pace-Egg Play - 1898
Pace-Egging from Ambleside (Westmorland) 1930
Fragment from Ormskirk (Lancashire) : Pace-egging Song - 1930song only
The Paceakers’ Play, Heptonstall - 1909
Music
Nancy Dawson (Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush) MIDI and notes / sheet music
Cast
| PLAYER |
ROLE |
HAND PROP |
| Lynn |
Open the Door |
broom |
| Angela |
St. George |
red cross, sword and shield |
| Columbine |
Bold Slasher |
|
| Ken |
Prince of Paradise |
cutlass, black hat |
| Jeremy |
Doctor |
black coat, hoods, bag/bottle |
| Jeff |
Turkish Champion |
|
| Phill |
St. Patrick |
|
| TBD |
Oliver Cromwell |
|
| Lynn/Alec |
Old Beelzebub |
|
| Jeanne |
Devil Doubt |
|
| Michael |
Dirty Bet |
dress, shawl, extra paper bags |
Run-Through
Please enter when you can make a practice.
Cast
| PLAYER |
THURS EVE AT LYNN'S
|
FRI EVE AT NEFFA
|
SAT NOON AT NEFFA |
| Lynn |
|
|
|
| Angela |
probably no |
No* (could do at my place) |
Yes |
| Columbine |
Yes |
Need ride |
Need ride |
| Ken |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Jeremy |
probably no |
No* |
|
| Jeff K |
|
|
|
| Phill |
|
no |
maybe |
| TBD |
|
|
|
| Lynn/Alec |
|
|
|
| Jeanne |
No |
No* |
Yes |
| Michael |
No |
No* |
Yes |
All cast lists are STARTING LINEUPS ONLY for planning purposes, always subject to change without notice at the gig. Casting is officially first come, first served, so those who respond to gig invites first get their first choice of parts. For street tours, we change parts each time through the play. Since we accommodate several limited-mobility players, the able-bodied tend to get cast into the combatant roles. Be bold.
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