10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUMMERSET»
Discover the use of
Mummerset in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Mummerset and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Shakespeare Company, 1594-1642
There is nothing to say that they used it for The Fair Maid ofBristow, set though it
was among the people of Somerset apart from some gentry and King Richard I.
An early Mummerset would certainly have affirmed some urban/rural distinctions.
2
Doctor Who - Episode by Episode
The TARDIS' universal translator has turned it into a 'Franco-mummerset'63
accent. We watch the important stuff through a keyhole. Wouldn't history teacher
Barbara be slightly more excited by seeing history unfold? This episode is turning
out ...
3
The Future as an Academic Discipline
When someone says 'I teach philosophy at the University of Mummerset' what he
usually implies is that he is a professional philosopher who happens to teach at
the University of Mummerset, not that he is first and foremost a university teacher
...
CIBA Foundation Symposium, 2009
4
Doctor Who: Episode-by-Episode. Volume 3 - The Jon Pertwee Era
There's a simple guy called Tommy wandering around – some kind of odd-job
man? Apparently they're in Mummerset (Mummerset being a theatrical term for a
generic country bumpkin accent) not Berkshire, but Sarah is clearly patronising.
5
Shakespeare's World/world Shakespeares: The Selected ...
DROPS his Mummerset accent without explanation and starts to speak in blank
verse. He claims to have led his father up a steep slope to the top of Dover Cliff:
Come on, sir, here's the place: stand still. How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's
...
Richard Fotheringham, Christa Jansohn, R. S. White, 2008
6
Pursuing Shakespeare's Dramaturgy: Some Contexts, Resources, ...
Yet another accent — this time evidently a dramatically conventional "Mummerset
" — unexplainedly and temporarily appears when Edgar withstands Oswald's
attempted assault late in the same scene. Edgar is still poorly clothed and has
just ...
7
English Language in England, Including: Rhyming Slang, ...
This particular book is a collaboration focused on English language in England.More info: English language in England refers to the English language as spoken in England.
8
The Language of Modern Drama
It is claimed that while it is not standard mummerset it nevertheless bears only a
superficial resemblance to real Norfolk. But Wesker has neither attempted to give
his actors the task of confronting Norfolk dialect 'straight' (and, incidentally, ...
9
Write A Play - And Get It Performed: Teach Yourself
Mummerset Mummerset is what actors call a generalized rustic accent that could
place the character in any of Britain's country areas. There are other equivalents
– an all-purpose northern accent that could be Yorkshire or Lancashire, a drama
...
Lesley Bown, Ann Gawthorpe, 2010
10
Littlejohn's House of Fun: Thirteen Years of (Labour) Madness
This afternoon, in the main arena, the sheepdog trials will make way for a heart-
stopping exhibition of drive-by shooting, courtesy of the Mummerset Massive.
Once again this year, the show intends to reflect the rich tapestry of the English ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUMMERSET»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Mummerset is used in the context of the following news items.
How Somerset are you? Ten words and phrases that prove you're …
To pick up the Somerset twang, which dates back to the Anglo-Saxon period, actors learn 'Mummerset' which is a mixture of dialects from ... «Somerset County Gazette, May 15»
Pirates of Penzance, ENO, review: 'jolly good - but a crowd-puller?'
... but pleasantly surprised by Jonathan Lemalu's Mummerset Sergeant of Police - his imperturbably lugubrious rendering of “When a felon's not ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
Cornwall is real star of new Poldark - prepare to be dazzled
Both the BBC and ITV have been guilty of getting it badly wrong on numerous occasions, lazily settling for a generic “mummerset” and hoping ... «Western Morning News, Feb 15»
Now what's gone wrong with The Archers?
Current examples are Bert Fry and Jo Grundy, ridiculous Mummerset-speaking rural clowns who would seem unrealistic even in Cold Comfort ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
Review: Sleeping Beauty, Mansfield Palace Theatre
One is a bit dim but nice, with a Mummerset accent; the other is all in black, hates children and gets booed wherever she goes. «Nottingham Post, Dec 14»
The Archers regains its credibility as a true-to-rural drama
... with the main characters brewing up pots of coffee and talking in either clipped BBC tones or yokel "mummerset" accents depending on their ... «Western Daily Press, Nov 14»
Under its 'new' management radio soap The Archers is back on form
... with the main characters brewing up pots of coffee and talking in either clipped BBC tones or yokel 'mummerset' accents depending on their ... «Western Morning News, Nov 14»
Alien Ninja Fembot Pirates vs the Jedi SAS Chuck Norris …
You know what you're dealing with here: Mummerset dialogue, missing limbs and eyes, fondness for rum and parrots. Weaponry includes ... «Register, Sep 14»
David Willetts is a Tory Time Lord protecting the UK from surefire …
The Mummerset troubadours, who are presumably lionised in Richard Littlejohn's new book Why Everything Was Perfect In the Seventies ... «The Independent, May 14»
Theatre review: This Midsummer Night's Dream knocks it out of the …
... courtesy of Richard Lee, Tom Chow the gofer and the only man among them to speak in the stage rustic generally known as Mummerset. «National Post, Jul 12»
