Traveling Group Of Medieval Mummers Is America's Top Pick For Holiday Entertainment
The must-see hit of the holidays is a group of medieval mummers, who are going door-to-door singing old-fashioned ballads and acting out jovial plays in return for mugs of ale and gold pieces.
Let's take a look at the hottest
holiday entertainment
coming your way.
Obviously audiences are excited
about Hugo and Arthur Christmas
but what America wants to see most
this holiday season
is this group
of Medieval Mummers
who have been delighting
households across the nation
with their dancing, singing,
stilt-walking and play-acting.
With the latest scoop
on the mummers,
we're joined by Autumn Stanford.
-Ho ho ho Angelique.
Ho ho ho to you Autumn.
You know what,
these mummers seem to be
the hit of the season.
Everyone lucky enough
to already have been visited
by them is raving.
I know. I feel like everywhere
I go
it's: "Have you seen
the mummers?"
and "Where will the mummers go next?"
-Mummers mummers mummers!
Apparently the praise
is completely deserved.
These mummers have been going
door to door
in their home-made costumes
and masks
performing a show filled
with dancing, poem recitals,
even lute playing.
-Oh, I love lutes!
I know, who doesn't?
But Angelique, there's more.
These mummers also act out
a thrilling seven-minute play
about Saint George battling
a Turkish Knight.
And I don't want to give
too much away
but let's just say a magical
apothecary arrives at the end
to teach everyone
a little lesson
about the cycle of rebirth.
-No spoilers, Autumn.
I'm sorry, my lips are sealed.
No more. -And the show has been
quite lucrative as well, right?
My goodness yes.
During opening weekend alone
audience members threw
as many silver pieces at the mummers
as they could earn in a whole
month of agricultural labor.
Okay, so now one character
everyone is talking about
is old Father Christmas.
Yes, all the gossip sites
are going gaga over this guy.
He's tall, he has a sonorous voice.
-So handsome.
He can do a jaunty caper.
Everyone wants to know
who is under that long mask.
Now Autumn, is he single?
-I don't know,
but there are a lot
of unbetrothed maidens
asking the same thing.
They're going to have
to fight me for him.
Rumor has it he might even be
a landowner.
They say the shoes poking out
from beneath his garments
just seem a little bit too nice
to be those of a serf.
So, you know what,
we've been hearing from fans
of the mummers
all day long on our website,
so take a look at this.
It was a really good show.
When the fool danced
into my kitchen
and started singing a song
about the fat duke,
I was laughing so hard
I almost fainted like a milkmaid.
That looks so fun.
-Yep,
but if you want to see
these mummers,
you better hope they come
to your home soon.
I understand rats have gotten
into their wagons
so they may all die
of the pox.
Alright, sounds like fun
for the whole family.
Autumn thank you so much
for being here.
And when we come back
we've got exclusive pics
of the bridge Danny DeVito
just purchased to live under.
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