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A time and place, building stories out of the past

A fascinating talk about taking inspiration from the past in the writing of new plays, including several that have been performed at the Weald and Downland Museum. Poisoned Beds grew out of the death of the Emsworth oyster industry, in parallel with the emancipation of female voters and World War I. The Exchange put a murder mystery centre stage, when the Chichester corn market was being made over as a cinema. The Highwayman, inspired by the Alfred Noyes ballad, presented banditry, press gangs and rural poverty in the late 18th century. The Hawkhurst Gang presented a truly local story – the 1749 trial in Priory Park of the most notorious of all smuggler groups.

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A time and place, building stories out of the past

A fascinating talk about taking inspiration from the past in the writing of new plays, including several that have been performed at the Weald and Downland Museum. Poisoned Beds grew out of the death of the Emsworth oyster industry, in parallel with the emancipation of female voters and World War I. The Exchange put a murder mystery centre stage, when the Chichester corn market was being made over as a cinema. The Highwayman, inspired by the Alfred Noyes ballad, presented banditry, press gangs and rural poverty in the late 18th century. The Hawkhurst Gang presented a truly local story – the 1749 trial in Priory Park of the most notorious of all smuggler groups.