Lord Mayor's Show 1585 by George Peele - Full Cast Audio Adaptation

Episode 233,   Oct 07, 2022, 09:43 AM

Full cast audio adaptation of the 1585 Lord Mayor's Show

A full cast audio adaptation of the 1585 Lord Mayor's Show - the Device of the Pageant borne before Wolstan Dixie. Based on the pageant text and the eye witness account of Lupold von Wedel. Adapted by Robert Crighton, with additional material by Liza Graham.
NB: Some of our recordings suffered from some distortion, we have tidied these sources up as best we can.

With expert testimony from Dr Annaliese Connolly and Professor Tracey Hill, our resident city chronologer.

With Heydn McCabe as Lupold von Wedel, Liza Graham as Mine Host Joan and Robert Crighton as Mine Host John.

A Speech spoken by him that rid on a luzern – Karim Kronfli
LONDON - Seb Ranson
MAGNANIMITY - Gillian Horgen
LOYALTY - Pamela Flanagan
THE COUNTRY - David Ault
THE THAMES - Seb Ranson
THE SOLDIER - Geir Madland
THE SAILOR - Pamela Flanagan 
SCIENCE - David Ault
FIRST NYMPH - Gillian Horgan
SECOND NYMPH - Seb Ranson
THIRD NYMPH - Pamela Flanagan
FOURTH NYMPH - Geir Madland 
Trumpet by Matt Byham. 
Additional sfx from zapsplat.com

In the exploring session were Gregory Musson, Alex Scott Fairley, Liza Graham and Professor Tracey Hill.

For more on Lord Mayor's Shows, and civic and royal pageantry generally, here are some handy links...
Exploring 1585 plus 1590 & 1590 - https://youtu.be/PUE5kD5ltcc
Lord Mayor’s Shows Playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoIA2ktcBFPPnb6Eqss2So5k
Civic and Royal Pageantry Playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoJ6XS5SaCLTFcieiL9FTMw_

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