Man's Desire and Fleeting Beauty (New College Chapel, Oxford, 29 September 2024)

Recording of a performance of the Dutch rhetoricians' play Man's Desire and Fleeting Beauty (Een Esbattement van sMenschen Sin en Verganckelijcke Schoonheit) which was written in 1546 by the Leiden rhetorician Cornelis Meesz van Hout for a dramatic competition in Gouda.The performance was directed by Elisabeth Dutton. The translation is by Elsa Strietman and Robert Potter. The recording was made by Ryan Raetzer.First Citizen - Greg MaddenWoman from Leiden - Mairin O'HaganSecond Citizen - Jed TrimnellPrologue / Man’s Desire - John HolmesCustom - Roger DalrympleFashion - Jordan BischéFleeting Beauty - Ian JacksonMusical settings by Patrick Alexander and Roger DalrympleSpecial thanks to Rev. Dr Erica Longfellow, and the Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford; Perry Mills; Meg Twycross; Jack Trimnell; the British Academy.This play was staged as part of project, funded by a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant, looking at the impact of dramatic frames.