Mummers Play

Mummers Plays are seasonal British folk plays, performed by troupes of amateur actors known as mummers or guisers (or by local names such as rhymers, pace-eggers, soulers, tipteerers, wrenboys, galoshins, guysers, and so on). Originally from the British Isles, the practice has spread to a number of former British colonies. They are sometimes performed in the street, but more usually as house-to-house visits and in local pubs.