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.