I dinnae BELIEVE this!!! I tried tae post a lengthy explanation o' ma needs yisterday, aboot ten times, an' this morn' aboot five, an' finally gave up 'cause o' a' th' error messages I wis gettin'. No I discover that, bewilderingly, the fairst few lines o' ma request hae shawn up, but nae th' rest... onyway, here's what I wantit:

I was invitit tae plan a worship sairvice at ma seminary, an' th' day they assignit tae me wis Shrove Tuesday, itherwise kent as Mardi Gras. Keepin' wi' th' theme o' Divinely Sanctioned Foolishness", I thocht it'd be grait fun tae craft an' present oor verra ain Mummer's Play, complete wi' archetypical characters, fichts tae th' death, bad rhymes an' resurrection. Anely ane problem: I've ne'er SEEN a Mummer's Play, an' ma ainly sources were a wee snippit o' a field recording frae Alan Lomax's collections, an' twa articles in hunnert-year-auld academic journals.

What I'm wantin' is some guidance regardin' th' basics an' necessaries. Is there a definitive list o' characters/archetypes tae draw frae? Are there things that simply maun happen in th' course o' action? Are there phrases ain o' th' characters is requirit tae say? I'll gae check oot th' websichts ye suggested, aye, but I'm thinkin' some ither 'Cats micht be interestit in this as I am... I want tae mak this a wee tradition if th' fairst ane gaes weel, providin' I dinnae get thrawn oot o' seminary or tarred an' feathered... Weel, this place bein' sae liberal, I'd anely be tarred. They wuidnae want tae offend ony chickens by makin' use o' their feathers!

Muckle obligit,

--Th' wee scholarly (an' potentially defrocked) Cuilionn