The Esperance Morris Book

Neal, Mary, Carey, Clive, Tøye, Geoffrey · 1910 · London : J. Curwen · 8 pictures

The Esperance Morris Book is a 1910 London instruction book on English folk dance and singing games, compiled by Mary Neal, Clive Carey and Geoffrey Tøye for the Esperance Girls' Club and its teachers. Its photographs show girls in white blouses, long skirts and headscarves performing morris figures on a low wooden platform and open lawn, plus a children's game in a bright hall, offering a designer grouped, rhythmic formations of white-clad figures against dark foliage.

Morris dances · Folk songs, English · Singing games

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