A SPIRITUAL AND POLITICAL CHALLENGE TO THE NATION – THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE RESTORATION OF THE MONARCHY (A site-specific performance in the room at The Banqueting House from which King Charles l went to his execution – Combined Arts: spoken word, song, music, dance & William Blake’s visual images for Milton’s Paradise Lost) 2010
A Combined Arts Anniversary Celebration in music, dance, spoken word and Blake’s visual images for a dramatic presentation of Milton’s Paradise Lost, his sonnets on blindness and his words with Cromwell and King Charles 1, which challenged Parliament and the Nation. All performed in the setting of the King’s execution in the anniversary year of the restoration of the monarchy.
CHRISTMAS MILTON CELEBRATION – FOR JOHN MILTON’S 400 TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY IN MILTON’S CHURCH (COMBINED ARTS/WORDS, MUSIC, DANCE & VISUAL IMAGES) – 2008
Performing artists: Charles Aitken, Margo Cargill, Lucy Casson, Dave Fishley
Pianist: Sam Haywood, Tenor: Henry Moss, St. Giles’ Choir: Director of Music for Choir Ann Marsden Thomas.
Programme Devised and Directed by Valerie Doulton. Dramatized extracts and readings from Paradise Lost & Milton’s poems with William Blake’s visual images. Music by Finzi and Parry inspired by Milton.
