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Goddwyn: A Tragedie

‘When freedom, dress’d in bloodstained vest,

    To every knight her warsong sung,

Upon her head wild weeds were spread,

  A gory anlace by her hung.’

Inspired by the narrative of the fragment poem 'Chorus from Goddwyn' by Thomas Chatterton.

Originally forming part of a pseudo-Medieval pageant, this poem tells of a female incarnation of Freedom, who uses the forces of nature to defeat brute masculine forces, in the guise of War, Power and Affright.

Photography: @liakingdon

Performer: Arabella Aldrich

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