Monday, January 23, 2012

There but for the grace of god...

Morris dancing is mentioned in one of William Shakespeare's plays. That means it's old. Not to be confused with mumming.

7 comments:

  1. It's hard to find a full troupe of dancers all called Morris.

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  2. Oops, sorry. I thought it said, "There by the grace of god". You know you want to.

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  3. Have you seen the movie about Morris Dancing? OMG it's hilarious.
    I wrote about Morris Dancing in my book, and actually had an expat American (who'd been in London for five whole years) tell me I must be making it up because he'd never seen Morris Dancing in his life. Well, it tends not to be a regular occurrence in the middle of London, I'll admit that!

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  4. @Adullamite - But you LOVE it!

    @Symdaddy - Not as hard as one might think!

    @A. - I'm the one standing next to you.

    @A. - By the Grace of God only refers to King James I think. In the front of his version. And VI, of course.

    Incidentally, King James WAS a morris dancer during the off season. Many people don't know that.

    @Expat Mum - I do indeed remember your mention of that tradition in your wonderful and informative book. Also the mention of "Pantomime" and how to spell "theater" wrong. It was good. :)

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  5. Expat Mum, they used to meet at a pub in Victoria, not far from Scotland Yard. Both places I used to avoid....

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