- the
modern Mummer's Parade. The
practice may also be
related to miming.
Mumming was
preceded by the
Roman holiday Saturnalia, in
which partiers masqueraded...
-
mumming parties organised by
English monarchs,
Henry VIII
being known for
taking his
court mumming incognito. Later,
Henry would ban
social mumming,...
- seen as
precursors of
movie silent comedy. His
innovative 1904
sketch Mumming Birds,
produced for the
Hackney Empire in London,
became the longest-running...
- hospitality, and a
place was set at the
table for them
during a meal.
Mumming and
guising were part of the
festival from at
least the
early modern era...
- Karno's
Komics produced a new
sketch for the
Hackney Empire in
London called Mumming Birds,
which included the "pie in the face" gag, in
which one
person hits...
-
Beelzebub as a
character in the
mumming play St
George and the
Dragon by the St
Albans Mummers, 2015...
- view, and the ****eri are now
considered to be part of a
general Balkan mumming tradition that
emerged sometime in the
early modern period, influenced...
-
slapstick comedy. It made its
first appearance in a
music hall
sketch called Mumming Birds (1904)
produced by the
English theatre impresario Fred
Karno for...
- all
merry with Bagpipes, Fiddles, and
other musicks, Giggs, Dances, and
Mummings." The
character of 'Christmas' (also
called 'father Christmas') speaks...
-
practice of
mumming,
which is
closely related to souling. John Pymm
wrote that "many of the
feast days ****ociated with the
presentation of
mumming plays were...
