Forest of Dean Morris Men December 9, 2010

The Forest of Dean Morris Men will be performing the ‘Newnham Mumming Play’ this year at the following venues:

Friday 10th. Dec
8.00pm The George Inn St Briavels
8.20pm vThe Crown Inn St Briavels
9.00pm The Wyndham Arms Clearwell
9.20pm The Lamb Inn Clearwell
9.40pm The Ostrich Newland.

Saturday 11th. Dec
8.00pm The Red Hart Blaisdon
8.45pm The Malt shovel Ruardean
9.15pm The Anchor Lydbrook
9.45pm The Dog & Muffler Joyford
10.30pm The New Inn Ruspidge.

Friday 17th. Dec
8.00pm The Fountain Inn Parkend.
8.30pm The Miners Arms Whitecroft
9.20pm The Cross Inn Aylburton
9.40pm The George Inn Aylburton
10.10pm The Rising Sun Woolaston
10.30pm The Blacksmith's Arms Alvington

Saturday 18th. Dec
8.00pm The Ship Inn Newnham
8.40pm The Railway Inn Newnham
9.15pm The Red Lion Westbury
9.45pm The Red Lion Huntley

Monies from the collections will be going to ‘The Orchard Trust’

Mumming is an historic activity. At one time hundreds if not thousands of villages and towns throughout Britain performed something similar around Christmas time. The plays relate the story of good against evil.
Copies of at least four versions of the play still exist here in the Forest alone, each one different from the next. The Forest of Dean Morris Men, have chosen to enact the Newnham edition, where Saint George encounters the Turkish Knight.