Photographing MEDTheatre for the ‘Stapledon’ performance this week was such fun. We were capturing images for some publicity shots for the upcoming play. I’ve worked with this great community theatre company on many occasions and it was great to be back on Dartmoor with them again. It was lovely to meet Suvi and Helen with 5 members of the cast. We walked up to Hound Tor and then on down to the medieval village in front of the Greator.
MEDTheatre is a community theatre organisation and registered charity based on Dartmoor, working with people in remote rural areas. All of their work is inspired by the history, ecology and folklore of Dartmoor and surrounding Devon as well as the pertinent social, scientific and environmental issues which face the residents of a National Park.
The performance is about Bishop Stapledon (1261 – 1326) who was also Bishop of Exeter and twice Lord High Treasurer of England.
The play will show the poverty at that time which saw children starving to death while the Bishop collected taxes from their families. Stapledon lived in luxury and looked down on the poor people. There was talk of cannabilism with children being eaten, such was the hunger and desparation of that time.
The play will be performed in Ashburton on the 27th, 28th and 29th of September 2018. All performances are in St Andrews Church, Ashburton, and start at 7.30pm. Contact The Med Theatre for details.
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