Monmouth: The West Country Rebellion
June 11th 1685. The Duke of Monmouth lands at Lyme Regis with 83 men to raise a Protestant army against James II, and begin what was to be England’s last rebellion against the Crown. Five weeks later and with a 3000-strong army swelled by dissenting men and women from Dorset, Devon and Somerset, Monmouth prepared to fight the last ever pitched battle on English soil, and the first step towards modern democracy.
This epic history of Dorset, Devon and Somerset, told through the eyes of Alice w
Performance Starts 7:30 Tickets £12
Bridport Arts Centre 9-9a South Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3NR
Fri 15 Sep 2017