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Parish of Warburton History The Revival The Post Revival Period The Present Day Site Map |
 The illustration above is that of The Saracen's Head in Warburton, the home of the Warburton Souling Play. |
Welcome
to The
Warburton Souling Play.
This website is all about the Warburton Souling Play and it's revival. You'll find details about the history of the play, the background to its revival together with details of its performance up to the present time. We've also included some brief details about Warburton Parish. The Play's revival era is broadly split up into three periods. First we have the Revival years roughly defined as 1978 up to 1990, the Present Day covers the three most recent years and the Post Revival covers the period between. |
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Our 2008 season has now finished following the last performance for 2008 at the Saracen's Head in Warburton. It was a worthy year for our 30th year since the Play was revived, especially helped by what must have been the best sequence of performances on the night of Friday 7th November.
This year our chosen charity was for a second year running Cotebrook House in Oughtrington, half way between Warburton and Lymm. On the afternoon of 17th December 2008 we went to Cotebrook to present a cheque for £900. This was especially satisfying for us as it was £50 more than last year and was in spite of us performing for 5 nights as compared to 6 last year. A report of the presentation is here.
If you want to find out how we got on during the 2008 season you can go to our Souling 2008 page where there are the links to the Gallery and details of where we performed.
Since last year this website has had some attention paid to it as regards a general tidy up and revamp of some sections. Hopefully what you'll find now is a more logical layout to the site with the various years since the play's revival covered in three distinct categories. We have defined the 'revival period' as that covering from when the Warburton Souling Play was revived in 1978 up until 1990. After this we have the subsequent years up until three yeas ago as the 'post revival period'. This year, and the two previous, are then covered in the 'present' pages.
The general background pages have received a slight structural change, otherwise all the information found previously is still here - we just hope it's easier to find. If you're still unsure then the new Site Map should hopefully help.
For those not familiar with the Play then please take time to have a look around to see what it's all about using the menus top left. The Parish of Warburton gives you an idea of where the Play comes from, History, a brief interpretation of this type of play and details of the Warburton play itself. For an alternative approach, you'll be able to get a good impression by looking at what we've got up to in the last few years by visiting the 'present' pages. And for those wanting to look further back, try the Past Galleries from where you'll find links to some much earlier seasons. This has recently been expanded to include 1986 & 1988. If you need help in tracking down a specific page or you're looking for specific information then try our new Site Map.
Souling Site Updated: 13th January
2009.
This page updated: 13th January
2009.