- 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,...
- 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...
- seen as
precursors of
movie silent comedy. His
innovative 1904
sketch Mumming Birds,
produced for the
Hackney Empire in London,
became the longest-running...
-
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...
-
relatives or even pets" as they do so.
Since the
Middle Ages, a
tradition of
mumming on a
certain holiday has
existed in
parts of
Britain and Ireland. It involved...
-
Beelzebub as a
character in the
mumming play St
George and the
Dragon by the St
Albans Mummers, 2015...
- 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...
- all
merry with Bagpipes, Fiddles, and
other musicks, Giggs, Dances, and
Mummings." The
character of 'Christmas' (also
called 'father Christmas') speaks...
- of her origins. In some
parts of Italy,
especially the
central regions,
mumming takes place on
Epiphany eve.
Dolls are made of her and
effigies are burnt...
