JIM CAUSLEY & MIRANDA SYKES present
Schedule
Thu Sep 26 2024 at 08:00 pm to 10:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
The Plough Arts Centre | Bideford, EN
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Music GHOSTS, WEREWOLVES AND COUNTRYFOLK – SONGS AND STORIES OF SABINE BARING-GOULD
Six-time BBC Folk Award nominee Jim Causley and Miranda Sykes of the award-winning _Show of Hands_ and _Daphne’s Flight_ celebrate the centenary of the first serious collector of folk songs, more than a decade before Vaughan Williams and Sharp. He is The Rev Sabine Baring Gould.
Baring Gould was an amazing man. As well as collecting 2,000 folk songs, he was one of the top ten best-selling Victorian novelists; the writer of a bloodthirsty book on werewolves; author of a nerve-tingling book of ghost stories; the compiler of the finest Dartmoor history book and composer of the hymn Onward Christian Soldiers – with a tune by Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Singing some songs he collected, and maybe new ones, Miranda, Jim and narrator John Palmer (director of the Vaughan Williams “From Pub to Pulpit” Cathedral tour), interweave highlights of Sabine’s own astonishing life with anecdotes and stories from his impressive array of best-selling-books.
Running time 120 minutes
£18.00 Full price
£16.00 Supporter
£16.00 Concession
£15 Earlybird (Before 1 June)
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Where is it happening?
The Plough Arts Centre, 9-11 Fore Street,Torrington, Devon, Bideford, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
