Draw on Sweet Night

Composer John Wilbye spent his entire working life in the employ of Sir and Lady Kytson at Hengrave Hall in Suffolk. Unusually, after his second book of Madrigals was published in 1609 it appears he did not compose again despite being kept on at the house by Lady Kytson until her death in 1628. Draw On Sweet Night examines this mystery in a sumptuous costume drama, produced in collaboration with renowned vocal group I Fagiolini.

Directed by Tony Britten

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Cast

Mark Arends

John Wilbye

Doon Mackichan

Lady Elizabeth Kyston

Sophia Di Martino

Lady Mary Darcy

Christian McKay

George Kirbye

Ania Sowinski

Ann Sixye

Nicky Henson

Sir Thomas Kyston

Milanka Brooks

Lady Arbella Stuart

Terry Molloy

Sir Robert Jermyn

Mary Lincoln

Lady Judith Jermyn

Simon Butteriss

Lyndall

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