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  • Home
  • Blog
  • Plays and Performances
    • The Durham Dragon
      • Phenix Studios Hexham and Miscreations Theatre
      • The History of the Lambton Worm and Sockburn Worm
      • The Linton Worm
      • Worms, serpents and stage dragons
    • The Harrowing of Hell
      • The History of the Harrowing of Hell
      • Music in The Harrowing of Hell
      • Cast and Production Team
    • Peregrini
      • The History of Peregrini
      • Music in Peregrini
      • Cast and Production Team
    • The Sacred and the Profane
      • Photos
        • Developing Costumes
        • Rehearsals
        • The Sacred and Profane show
        • After Show
      • Cast and Production Team
        • Lieven Baert
      • Historical background
        • Dance at a Renaissance court
        • The boy bishop
        • The dance of death
    • Souls of the North
    • The York Crucifixion
  • Dramatic Traditions
    • The Oldest Traditions: Legends, Rituals and Plays
    • Faith and Community: Processions and Plays
    • Plays and Entertainments
    • Music Off Stage: Waits and Minstrels
    • Performing Plays
    • Change and Continuity
    • Podcasts on Early Performance in the North East
      • Worms, stags, and other folk performances
      • Making music in the North-east: waits and minstrels around the region
      • Corpus Christi Plays in Durham
      • A Funny Kind of Devotion? Laughter in the Biblical Drama of Late Medieval Towns and Cities
      • Catholic recusants in performance
    • Interview with Diana Wyatt
    • Top Ten Forgotten North East Traditions
      • Dancing with Oxen
      • Durham’s Boy Bishops
      • Mother Naked
      • Rotten Ridiculous Robes
      • Slaying the Sockburn Worm
      • The Big Minstrel Gig
      • The Dance of Death
      • The Hell Mouth
      • The Man-Eating Dragon of Durham
      • The Oldest Play from Britain
  • Soul Cake Bake
    • Soul Cake Technical Challenge
      • Pocketable Cakes, by Judyth Mermelstein
      • Sweet Bread Buns, by David Petts
      • Teacake Soulcakes, by Pamela Culver
      • Yeast Soul Cakes, by Gillian Banks
      • Soul Cake Basic Recipe
    • Soul Stoppers
      • Christmas Soul Cakes, by Amy Howlett
      • Durham Dark Ale Soul Cake, by Ladan Cockshut
  • Places and Records
    • County Durham
    • Northumberland
    • Yorkshire, East Riding
    • Yorkshire, North Riding
    • Yorkshire, West Riding
    • The Percy Papers
    • Display Records
    • Search Records
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