Over the new year, BBC Radio Humberside broadcast a special on medieval music in Beverley, focusing on music in Beverley Minster. REED N-E colleague and East Riding volume editor Dr Diana Wyatt contributed to the programme and offered comment on musicians in the Great Guild Book of Beverley. Produced by Chris Arundel, the 55 minute […]
Theatrum Mundi An International Festival of Medieval and Renaissance Drama Discover the legends of the North-East. Take part as actor, singer or dancer. Help us make a dragon. We are now casting for The Sacred and the Profane, a massive show which will be staged on Palace Green on 10 July 2016. It will feature […]
On Monday, 14th September, members of the REED N-E team attended the launch of Anne Lancashire’s monumental, 3-volume set of Records of English Drama: Civic London to 1558. This gala event took place in the magnificent Skinners’ Hall, on Dowgate Hill in London, and was hosted by Professor John McGavin, Chair of REED’s executive […]
Today is a beautiful sunny Maundy Thursday in Durham. In light of the day, we’re reposting this Flower from a few years back: How did the medieval monks of Durham celebrate Maundy Thursday? A work known as the Rites of Durham – a mid 16th-century account of the earlier, pre-Reformation rites and practices of […]
See REED N-E’s Professor John McKinnell discussing the death of Durham’s 13th-century tightrope walker* on BBC Television! John can be seen (briefly) on BBC North-East’s Inside Out programme from 23rd February. The programme is available on BBC iPlayer until the last week of March. Click on the link below. John appears in the final piece […]
Mr Jamie Beckett joins the REED North-east from the university of York. Here he is interviews by research associate Dr Mark Chambers: MC: Jamie Beckett, welcome to the REED-North-east team! First of all, tell us about your educational background: what kinds of past research projects have led you to want to join REED-NE? JB: Before […]
Hear our own Chief Investigator Professor John McKinnell talk to BBC Radio Newcastle’s Ingrid Hagemann about the work of the REED-NE project, including last month’s Flower (the death of Durham’s medieval tightrope walker), the infamous ‘Mother Naked’ and other interesting findings. For subscribers based in the UK, the interview will be available on BBC I-Player […]
Here are some more scenes from the 2014 York Mystery Plays, taken from the second Sunday of performance (20th July). They show: 1. The Baptism of Christ, St. Sampson’s Square (NOT an advert for Pizza Express!), brought forth by HIDDen Theatre Company (John the Baptist: Mark Burghagen; Jesus: Ehren Mierau; God: Charles Hunt; Angel 1: […]
Here are some photos of last Sunday’s York Mystery Plays (13 July 2014). They include: 1. The procession of The Shepherds’ Play, by the The Guild of Scriveners, showing the pageant wagon and a team of angels (processing up Minister Yard towards Deangate) 2. Christ before Annas and Caiaphas, by The Company of Cordwainers in […]
This is a general reminder that the 2014 performance of the York Mystery Plays starts on Sunday (13 July), with the second set of performances taking place a week later (20th). Members of the REED-NE team will be in attendance (some are taking part!). More information may be found here: http://www.yorkmysteryplays.co.uk/