User:Djwilliams67/The ring of stones

The Ring of Stones is a modern stage musical. It is a stunningly dramatic retelling of the true story of the plague village of Eyam where, in 1665-66, almost an entire village population sacrificed their lives to prevent infecting their neighbours with the deadliest of all known killers – Bubonic Plague. In its original form, The Ring of Stones is a 2½ hour fully sung through modern opera with full orchestral backings. The 2010 tour offers a new format for The Ring of Stones – a ‘concert style’ performance which, whilst retaining the full orchestral backings, uses a much reduced cast and a reduced song list interspersed with a spoken narrative. The Ring of Stones was written by Eddie Brierley and Peter Robinson with orchestrations and additional material by Arthur Connett. The new concert version was devised and written by Peter Robinson with much help and encouragement from the current cast and production team.