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Laurie Payne, Tour of Camelot, 1966

In this black and white photograph from the Laurie Payne Collection of Theatrical Photographs (held by the National Library of Australia), actor Laurie Payne poses in his costume, a suit of armour, for the musical Camelot. The musical, written by…

Tags: actor, Armour, Arthur, Arthurian, Arthuriana, Camelot, chivalric, chivalry, entertainment, Guinevere, helmet, King Arthur, knight, knighthood, Lancelot, Laurie Payne, musical, performance, plate armour, play, plays, popular culture, round table, stage, stage performance, theatre

Burdiken Medieval Knights

Burdiken Medieval Knights are a living history/re-enactment group based in the Queensland town of Home Hill on the Burdekin River. The group have a channel on YouTube that features a series of films, including broadsword lessons and demonstrations,…

Citadel Medieval Society

Citadel Medieval Society is a living history group based in Queensland. The group were founded seventeen years ago and focus on two time periods and locations: the port of La Rochelle, France, in c. 1370 during the Hundred Years War; and the German…

Woman hit in head with â€˜swordâ€™ as mock medieval battle goes wrong

This online newspaper article by Henrietta Cook appeared in The Age on March 15, 2012. It reports on an incident during the weekly Swordcraft event in Melbourne, Victoria, in which a woman was hit in the head by a rubber sword and required medical…

Tags: battle, game, Henrietta Cook, Melbourne, performance, re-enactment, Swordcraft, The Age, Vic, Victoria

Esk Festival

The Esk Festival, also known as the Brisbane Valley Festival, is an annual single-day event held in the Queensland town Esk. A major component of the festival are displays of ‘Living History & Medieval Re-enactments’ which take place…

Eslite dâ€™ Corps: Premier 14th C Reenactment

Eslite d’ Corps: Premier 14th C Reenactment are a living history group based in the outer Brisbane suburb of Redcliffe North. The group were founded in 2006 and are headed by ‘Sir Justyn Webb’. Eslite d’ Corp is based on a…

Tags: Archery, Armour, art, axe, Brisbane, combat, costume, craft, dance, Edward III, Eslite dâ€™ Corps, feast, food, Guillaume de Machaut, gunnery, halberd, helmet, jousting, living history, music, performance, Philip VI, Qld, Queensland, re-creation, re-enactment, Redcliffe North, shield, Sir Justyn Webb, spear, sword, tournament, website.

Evandale Village Singers present Henry Purcellâ€™s â€˜King Arthurâ€™

This poster advertises two performances of Henry Purcell’s ‘King Arthur’ by the Evandale Village Singers in late October 2012 at St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Evandale. Henry Purcell’s ‘King Arthur’ is a…

Harlequin Medieval Music

Formed in 2005, Harlequin is a four-piece band from Tasmania who play medieval music taken from medieval manuscripts. As well as vocal and percussion a number of medieval instruments are played, including hammered dulcimer, hurdy gurdy, moraharpa,…

Tags: Alfonso 10th, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Galician Portuguese, hammered dulcimer, Harlequin, Harry Wass, hurdy gurdy, instrument, moraharpa, percussion, performance, re-enactment, shawm, Spain, Tas, Tasmania, vielle, vocal, whistle.

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