Our exhibition exploring some of the North East’s traditions and dramatic heritage was accompanied by free lunchtime talks given by experts from the Records of Early English Drama North East team. Podcasts of several of the talks are available below.
Professor John McKinnell | Worms, stags and other folk performances |
Dr Diana Wyatt | Making music in the North-east: waits and minstrels around the region |
Dr Mark Chambers | Corpus Christi in Durham |
Jamie Beckett | A Funny Kind of Devotion? Laughter in the Biblical Drama of Late Medieval Towns and Cities |
Gasper Jakovac | Catholic recusants in performance |
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