Mrs. Leach is pleased to announce her next event - Christmastide in the ‘Age of Austen’ Regency Revels, Georgian Gambols and Festive Fare!
For now, here’s an outline – more to come soon...
Join Georgian lady antiquary Mrs. Leach to discover Christmas customs, traditions, and pastimes of the late 1700s and early 1800s, and revive Regency revelries, rituals, and recipes for this feast of festivities fun games!
As part of a series of events that commemorate the 200-year anniversary of Jane Austen’s death, Georgian lady antiquary Mrs. Leach explores entertainments, beliefs, and rites of the late Georgian and Regency Christmastide.
Through a range of local, regional, & broader material, including literary works, letters, and early biographies of Britain’s best-loved female author; and informed by ongoing original research; discover seasonal celebrations of the ‘Austen Age’.
Find out how rapid urban and industrial expansion; improvements in travel and trade; and enlightenment learning and thought affected views of Christmas past, and transformed traditions. Uncover long forgotten festivities, and the origins of observances that developed through the Victorian era, and remain familiar today.
Saturday 16 Dec. 2017, 3.30 - 5.00 pm, At the ‘Antiquarian Academy’, Derby
Tickets: Early Bird £3 p.p. / Standard £3.50 (Plus Eventbrite fee - 84p- for online purchases) - only a few tickets available (minimum number of tickets need to be sold for the event to proceed).
For more information or to order, see: the Facebook event page; Eventbrite page; or contact: (by post:) 1 West Park Rd., Derby, DE22 1GG; (Text:) 07903 237953; or (email) antiquarianacademy@gmail.com
