Folk, Hampstead Downstairs review - thoughtful play about folklorist Cecil Sharp
Nell Leyshon's play-with-music asks questions of a legacy. Theatre review by Helen Hawkins
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Nell Leyshon's play-with-music asks questions of a legacy. Theatre review by Helen Hawkins
This music is not everyone’s mug of ale, but in addressing the importance of its place in England’s national culture, Leyshon knows her business...
Folk revival pioneer Cecil Sharp collects songs from Somerset sisters Louie and Lucy Hooper in Nell Leyshon's slow-paced elegiac play
My new play Folk focuses on two Somerset sisters whose – uncredited – recall of traditional songs helped Sharp save the music from extinction. It’s an ambivalent legacy
The songs that unite two grieving sisters are collected and ‘tidied up’ by Cecil Sharp in this historical drama