The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady in Song

EDWARDIAN LADY’S COUNTRY DIARY MUSICAL AT KEATS LIBRARY SAT 3 JULY Available for interview and/or singing



Acapella folk group Brooomdasher celebrate the 150th birthday of former Chelsea resident and Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady author Edith Holden with a poignant, and entertaining folk musical at Keats Library Garden, Keats Grove, London on Saturday 3 July at 2pm.



The show features classic folk songs as Broomdasher take the audience on a musical journey through Edith’s year, captured in her evocative 1906 diary. Critics called it: “Traditional Folk meets Edwardian Eco-Warrior. Fantastic!”; “Inspired”; “Superbly Engaging and Heartwarming” “Brilliantly Entertaining” https://youtu.be/_KNJonIVJ8g



The book was a worldwide phenomenon when published in 1977, Edith’s illustrations and words creating an exhilarating journey through the seasons. Millions of homes still have kitchenware; soft furnishings; porcelain; diaries; albums and notelets featuring pictures from the diary



Broomdasher met at Cecil Sharp House and all their recordings are in the British Museum’s National Sound Archive as “an outstanding example of grass roots traditional folk music today”.



Sadly, Edith died following her passion for nature and the countryside. She drowned in a backwater of the Thames when she fell in while reaching out to pluck chestnut buds overhanging the water, aged 49 in 1920.



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Proceeds to the Hampstead School of Art and Keats Community Library. Tickets are £10 from the Library and online at WeGotTickets

For Further Information contact: John Palmer at 07881 738029 or [email protected]