Curtain up for the special event at our Church.
Here is the Programme.
Programme
Welcome to the first of three events celebrating the life and work of our local composer and musician William Byrd who died here in 1623.
Let us take you this evening back to the
sixteenth and early 17th centuries. This was a time when worship in the
Church of England was compulsory and refusal to attend subject to large fines. William
Byrd was a recusant Catholic. Tonight, we will explore his life and times and
the company he kept.
The script has been especially written for the occasion and we invite you to buy a copy of the accompanying book, price £5.00, which is a longer version of the research in support of a project to raise money for a memorial outside the church to mark Byrd’s quatercentenary.
Our “cast” in order of appearance are:
Narrator Andrew
Smith
Revd.
Reeve John
Hughes
William
Byrd John
Cannon
Narrator
2 Anne
Springate
Roy
Hattersley Kevin
Wood
Minister Gail
Hughes
Queen
Elizabeth I Revd.
Sam Brazier Gibbs
Father
Edmund Campion Steve
Drinkall
John
Stow Kevin
Wood
Father
William Weston Steve
Drinkall
The Times reporter Sandra
Wood
Stondon
Massey churchwarden Jan
Macintosh
Father
Henry Garnet Steve
Drinkall
Earl of
Northampton Kevin
Wood
Non-speaking
parts:
Mrs Jane
Shelley Sandra
Keeble
Mrs
Bellamy Elaine
Smith
Sunday 2 July: 3.00pm.
William Byrd Commemorative Service.
Tuesday 4 July: 8.00pm.
Stondon Singers Concert – all seats sold.
The Prologue
1. Introduction
2. Queen Elizabeth I
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Interval
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Our Byrd table may have
seeds and nuts but there
will be wine to partake,
and other drink.
We will be hawking Byrd
books:
“The Life and Times of
William Byrd: A Local History” £5.00
“William Byrd: Some
Notes” £3.00. (or buy both for £7.00)
For more information about William Byrd, our church, and our project please visit: www.williambyrdfestival.blogspot.com .
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