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Summary
An <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&frbg=&scp.scps=scope%3A%28BLCONTENT%29&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1451931333678&srt=rank&ct=search&mode=Basic&vl%28488279563UI0%29=any&dum=true&tb=t&indx=1&vl%28freeText0%29=Christmastide%2C%20its%20History%2C%20Festivities%20and%20Carols&vid=BLVU1&fn=search">1852</a> depiction of a 'modern' Christmas play (now generally known as a mummers play). The character are, from left to right: Father Christmas, 'represented as as a grotesque old man, with a large mask and comic wig, and a huge club in his hand'; three players, two of whom are St George and the Dragon, 'all attired in much the same manner'; and the doctor. The woman is a spectator.
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| current | 03:47, 8 January 2017 | | 1,174 × 881 (815 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | An <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&frbg=&scp.scps=scope%3A%28BLCONTENT%29&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1451931333678&srt=rank&ct=search&mode=Basic&vl%28488279563UI0%29=any&dum=true&tb=t&indx=1&vl%28freeText0%29=Christmastide%2C%20its%20History%2C%20Festivities%20and%20Carols&vid=BLVU1&fn=search">1852</a> depiction of a 'modern' Christmas play (now generally known as a mummers play). The character are, from left to right: Father Christmas, 'represented as as a grotesque old man, with a large mask and comic wig, and a huge club in his hand'; three players, two of whom are St George and the Dragon, 'all attired in much the same manner'; and the doctor. The woman is a spectator. |
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