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Hugh Lupton presents...
On Common Ground
An evening of stories, songs and music exploring the life and times of poet John Clare.
Performed by storyteller Hugh Lupton and singer / fiddle player Chris Wood, Clare’s story is told within the context of the Enclosures Act.
We see how the imposed grid of ownership on the countryside, bringing wealth to the landowners and the farmers, disenfranchised the poor and began the shift of the working class from the countryside to the factories of the Industrial Revolution.
Giving insights into the folk traditions of the 18th century, evoking landscape and class structure, the narrative is punctuated by excerpts from Clare’s poetry, and from ballads of the time. They weave together to create a tale of love, loss, and a gradual descent into madness.
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