Original id:
6086
Start date:
11 June 1904
End date:
22 June 1904
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
unknown
Production notes:
A masque by Robert Bridges, produced by Margery Fry (the Librarian of Somerville), for the official opening of the Library on 11 June, with a repeat performance on 22 June. The piece was revived at Somerville fifty years later in 1954 (see ID 10149). Primary source for the masque is the Homeric Hymn to Demeter; cf. Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.642-61. Information about the production can be found in J. L. Myres papers sent by Evelyn Jamison in Bodleian Special Collections.
Media of production:
Choreographic work (dance, ballet, mime etc)
Stage-play
Languages:
English