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| | | | Page 02922- 02928 : St George [play text] J. W. Hicks (contributor), Padstow, 9 February 1935 |
| | Item Summary | | | Reference Code | AFC 1972/001, MS pp. 02922- 02928 |
Scope and Content Notes | Genre | play - hero combat play |
| First line | Ladies and gentlemen, we now come in |
| Seems to be an attempt to assemble a text as there is much speculation. Some lines may have been supplied by other contributors - Capt. Magon, Nat England, Mrs W. Oldham, Hannah Clemow. Mentions Frank Nance as a performer 70 years ago. Has a note from R Morton Nance about his father, W. E. Nance seeing the play about 1845 and being frightened by the Dragon. For letters referring to this text see pp. 06250-06250a and p. 06383. The original MS of this version is at pp. 10565-10574. |
| Carpenter gives Hicks's address as St Cecilia, Dinas Road, Padstow, Cornwall. |
| Character List | Father Christmas
King of Egypt
St George
Turkish Knight
Prince Valentine
Doctor
John Bull
Bloody Warrior
Tom Bowling
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Contextual Notes | 'The greater part was supplied by the late Mr W. Brabyn of Wadebridge who was a Padstow man'. But some parts seem to have come from the Sphere. |
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