The Page Family of Plymouth: Murder, Merchants and a Legacy
In the audience for the first online talk of the project, broadcast by The Rose Playhouse, was, amazingly, a real-life descendant of William Page, the murder victim in the story. Harry Clarke has been researching the family history for years and let us know that Master Page had four children at the time of his […]
The Costume Connection
A loan of £10 to buy women’s gowns. On 12th September 1599, Philip Henslowe made a note in his diary that he had loaned the sum of £10 to ‘Jewbey and thomas towne’. The money was to be used to ‘bye women gownes for page of plemoth’. The sum that Henslowe paid for these costumes […]
Eulalia Page in the Archives
Eulalia Page in the Archives: A Reflection on the Workshops — Victoria Northwood, June 2026 My journey into the Page of Plymouth project began in February 2025 when Helen Chaloner, CEO of Literature Works approached me to ask whether I would be interested in delivering two workshops as part of a project based on a […]
Guided writing walk
Inspired by the story of Eulalia Glanville and the lost Elizabethan play Page of Plymouth.By Fiona Benson Welcome to Elizabethan Plymouth! This writing walk invites you back in time to a thriving port town busy with craftspeople, sailors, traders, privateers and merchants. This walk is inspired by the earliest known literary work to mention Plymouth […]