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Yesterday, we rehearsed in the Theatre at Chatsworth for the public performance on Sunday, September 25, 2016. This was fitted out as a Victorian Theatre in 1896; the 8th Duke commissioning William Hemsley, a leading London designer and supplier of ‘theatrical scenery and appliances’, to fit the room out as a theatre, with a permanent stage, stage equipment, a painted proscenium and front drop curtain, and a number of sets. Most of these remain, making them extremely rare surviving examples of
Rehearsals at Chatsworth Theatre
Alison Oddey
09/06/2016
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I visited Bradgate Park in Leicestershire to witness the remains of Bradgate Manor, where Bess of Hardwick married Sir William Cavendish on August 20, 1547, at two o’clock in the morning! Sir William was about 42, about 22 years older than his bride, and it was his third marriage; it was Bess’s second marriage. Standing in the ruins of Bradgate House, the birthplace and home of Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554), the view looking out is breathtaking of the Parkland, the deer, some of the oldest rocks in
Research Visit to Bradgate Park, Leicestershire
Alison Oddey
08/18/2016
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