The “Country Dancers” in the CambridgeComusof 1908

Abstract

In July 1908 a production of Comus was staged at the New Theatre in Cambridge, an occasion which has been chiefly remembered for the emergence of Rupert Brooke as a charismatic leader amongst his contemporaries (Marsh 1918, xxxiv-xxv; Hassall 1964, 139-41 and 158-66; Delany 1987, 39-47). This present article is concerned with a hitherto unnoticed aspect of the event, namely its introduction of revival morris dances. The reasons for this are examined, and the significance of the occasion is considered within the context of the early morris revival. Milton Tercentenary CelebrationsDownloaded by [University of Bath]