Interview with Luke Stanley about The Bold Grenadier (The Nightingale)

Date recorded: January , 1954
Contributor(s): Performer: Stanley, Luke; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: interview/commentary

Culture: English

Instruments: voice

Language: English

Location: Barrow-On-Humber, North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T3350

Track Number: 15

Archive ID: T3350R15

Note: Luke Stanley explains "The Bold Grenadier" and recalls learning it from his father.

Transcript:
Belongs to: Barrow-On-Humber 1/54

About the session: Recordings of the Plough Play (a Mummer's Play performed on Plough Monday, the first Monday after Twelfth Night) in Barrow-On-Humber. The cast is: Tom Fool: Frank Bell / Thrashing Blade: Wilfred Bell / Beelzebub: Jesse Mumby / Hopper Joe: Tom Stanley / Musical Jack: Bill Stanley (63 years old) / Besom Bet: Roy Lawrence / Hobby Horse: Luke Stanley (22 years old) / Ploughboy: Maurice Broughton / Dame Jane: Percy Housam / Recruiting Sergeant: Kenneth Bell / Lady: Norman Bilton / Indian King: Jack Martin / Doctor: Joseph Wilson / Foreign Traveller: Rowland Thompson.

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