[Sca-cooks] Mumming/Theatricals at feasts
Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise
jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
Thu Jan 18 11:17:07 PST 2007
A couple of years ago, I believe there may have been some discussion on
the lists about documentation for Theatrical presentations and/or
mummings during feasts.
Turns out Roy Strong's book _Feast: A history of Grand Eating_ has some
descriptions of 15th and 16th century feast mummings and spectacles,
especially from pages 123-125, but other descriptions are scattered
throughout the book. These include music, dancing, what we would call
'opera' type presentations, a staging of the siege of Jerusalem, and
mimed theatricals.
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