mummers

• Behind them came a company of mummers, and then a puppetmaster, his marionettes as brightly dressed as the great lords and ladies. —  Magazine - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine - 2007-02 - February
• I hope that what appears to be his more Classical persuasion and broader scope of perception will rise and just say "NO!" to any seductive contract from Disney and return a resounding "YES!" to whatever offer from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's own favorite mummers, the —  San Francisco Sentinel
• As a rule the mummers are mimics and little more, and generations go on, giving them their brief but glorious hour of fame, and then leaving them as mere names in the history of the stage. —  Immortal Memories
• During the evening the proceedings were varied by visits from Christmas singers and the mummers, all of whom were well entertained. —  A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide
• A certain number of the mummers were generally supposed to play the part of thieves anxious to break in. —  Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan

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