Throwback podcast! In 2021, during lockdown, the writer and actor Debbie Cannon was interviewed by Lottie Walker about all things Alice Thornton. They talk about the one-woman play, 'The Remarkable Deliverances of Alice Thornton', which we are now bringing to Durham Cathedral (October 19 and 20th 2023). The podcast has now been uploaded to youtube so do have a listen! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtSzOiDImPw @histodons@litodons@histodon#SeventeenthCentury#manuscripts#WomensHistory
#OTD in 1644, Alice Thornton's sister, Katherine Danby, gave birth to her 15th child at Middleham Castle while her husband was a fugitive in the civil war. Alice, on horseback, nearly drowned in the river en route: 'the poor mare drew up her forefeet & I perceived she did swim' (Book1). See further https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2022-07-25-alice-thornton-middleham-castle/
William Lawes: Wherefore do my sisters stay?
The second #symphony, #song and #chorus from James Shirley's court #masque, The Triumph of Peace, which was performed for King Charles I at the Palace of #Whitehall in 1634.
Richard de Winter: Irene (tenor)
Peter Willcock: bass
Alison Kinder: bass #viol
Tamsin Lewis: #violin, alto
Keith McGowan: #flute
Richard Mackenzie: #lute
Image: Giulio Parigi: Design for the 6th Interlude for Cosimo de Medici, 1608
Europe's Revels, a dance by John Eccles, from his interlude, Europe's Revels for the Peace, which was performed at court and at London theatres in 1697.
This image of the dance comes from The Dancing Master, Henry Playford, 1698