Draw on Sweet Night
2015Composer 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.
Acted in
Mark Arends
as John Wilbye
Doon Mackichan
as Lady Elizabeth Kyston
Sophia Di Martino
as Lady Mary Darcy
Christian McKay
as George Kirbye
Ania Sowinski
as Ann Sixye
Nicky Henson
as Sir Thomas Kyston
Milanka Brooks
as Lady Arbella Stuart
Terry Molloy
as Sir Robert Jermyn
Mary Lincoln
as Lady Judith Jermyn
Simon Butteriss
as Lyndall