South London . heir side of the riverwas put in stocks o Monday, for kissing of his wife oSunday. It was the Bishop of Winchesters Liberty, but hewas content, on the whole, to leave the residents unmolestedand in the possession of their guitars, their fiddles, theirsongs and their plays. When the Show Folk were wanted in the City it was easyfor them to go across: they were ready at a moments noticeto arrange a pageant, or to take part in one: they couldprovide the beauteous maidens in white with long fair tresseswho stood on platforms in Chepe and scattered gold rosenobles made of paste on the
South London . heir side of the riverwas put in stocks o Monday, for kissing of his wife oSunday. It was the Bishop of Winchesters Liberty, but hewas content, on the whole, to leave the residents unmolestedand in the possession of their guitars, their fiddles, theirsongs and their plays. When the Show Folk were wanted in the City it was easyfor them to go across: they were ready at a moments noticeto arrange a pageant, or to take part in one: they couldprovide the beauteous maidens in white with long fair tresseswho stood on platforms in Chepe and scattered gold rosenobles made of paste on the heads of the crowd : they foundhermits, and constructed caves for those godly men in the THE SHOW FOLK :?09 midst of Gracious Street: they found the music for thedragging of the traitor on a hurdle : for the march of therogue to the pillory : for the riding of the Lord Mayor: forthe procession of the Company on its feast day. For a miracleplay they presented the parish church with the Fall of Man : yf-t ^<|. -%^?P^.^ ^^. ^«^#::i%I^ |^>^ -^^^^^^^ K-^V THE OLOBR THEATRE{From the Crace Collection) the Raising of Lazarus : the Pilgrims of Emmaus : David andGoliath: or any other episode from the Bible—how manyexcellent players there were among them whose names havelong since been forgotten ! They knew how to present aMasque—not, perhaps, with the same splendour as one by P 210 SOUTH LONDON Ben Jonson and Inigo Jones—who commanded the Kingspurse—but a neat and creditable affair, with dresses appro-priate, full of surprises, and furnished with mythologicalcharacters, for the Hall of a City Company on the day of theAnnual Feast. For young gentlemen of the more debauchedkind they had another kind of entertainment, with singing,dancing girls, tumbling and posturing; with rare jests—pitythey were not rarer—and excellent fooling by their modern art of acting did not begin at the GlobeTheatre : there has never been any time when the actor wasunknown : the only
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