Episode 3 The Elixir of Life is now up on Youtube !

https://youtu.be/BsVifVDi2Ng?si=0Jg2TvkYFCEPgGKa

Sir Charles comes for luncheon - and Captain Bantam just happens to pay a call....dry bread and acrimony follow, with some shocking notions on fashion from Fanny...

Capers and chaos, drunken mummies, with a touch of romance in this vaudeville comedy.

Missed the beginning? Check out the playlist!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68TWVfxbLds&list=PLSkTqIZnlnXWpBgveZ18PTFmYnJg9nzEq

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Episode 2 of The Elixir of Life is now up on Youtube! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhtS1e7bZ5c

When Fanny met Captain Bantam - followed by plans to outwit Mondragon and his crazy schemes...

Join in the fun of this whacky caper in 1830s London, and catch up on our playlist!

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Our latest audio play is coming to Youtube: The Elixir of Life, based on an 1830s play by William Bayle Bernard - Parts 1 & 2 are here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68TWVfxbLds&list=PLSkTqIZnlnXWpBgveZ18PTFmYnJg9nzEq

Capers and chaos, drunken mummies, with a touch of romance - what's not to enjoy? Join in the fun, like & subscribe!

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Out now! Our comedy farce based on a comic play by William Bayle Bernard from 1833 : The Elixir of Life.

Professor Augustus Mondragon is an avid collector of antiquities - including Egyptian mummies! The prize of his collection is a sarcophagus - alas, it is empty; but Sir Charles has a mummy to spare ...in exchange for a bride...

Episode 1A:
https://youtu.be/68TWVfxbLds

Capers and chaos, drunken mummies, with a touch of romance in this vaudevillean comedy!

#farce #audioplay #comedy #victorian

Happy May the 1st everyone!

Spring, Beltane, Walpurgisnacht, Cyntefin, Calan Mai.....

#beltane #beltaneblessings #springhassprung #springday #calanmai

The girl on the right does look a trifle wearied out by the whole proceedings.

Curious to note (see Stoker quote) that the eve of St George's Day acts as a kind of portal to the other world similar to All Hallow's Eve and Beltane....

#stgeorgesday #dragons #herebedragons

Happy Birthday, Charlotte Bronte! Born 21 April 1816. Enjoy this excerpt, the final section of Villette, read by Kate Olenski, with music by James Doane. And if you like our work, please consider subscribing to talesfromthepennybloods.org.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0idYtWu1NVY

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Coming soon!

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Born on this day:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet, linguist, & human rights advocate.

Celebrating her birthday with an excerpt from her epic work 'Aurora Leigh', read by Maggie Hughes.

https://www.tiktok.com/@pennybloodpodcasts/video/7478690416230092078

Music specially composed by James Doane www.jamesdoanecomposer.com

Paintings by Hughes ( The Trust) and Waterhouse (Miranda)

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https://www.tiktok.com/@pennybloodpodcasts/video/7478690416230092078

Born of this day...

Celebrating the original genius & author of Les Miserables, Victor Hugo, with a poem dedicated to a place he visited only in his mind: "Dictated Before the Rhone Glacier", written in 1831. This forms part of the canon of 'mountain literature' that includes Coleridge, R L Stevenson, Shelley, the Wordsworths....

Read by Chris Barry
Music: Mountain Pass by Dream-Protocol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYKN9TGK5Pc

Many happy returns, Victor!

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