Drama: The 1893 Roydon Riots

  • Date: Fri 7th Jun 2024
  • Time: 2:00 pm
  • Location: Diss & District Bowls Club, Lower Denmark street, Diss IP22 4BE
  • Contact: fodimus@gmail.com


Enclosure and social conditions were bringing the village to boiling point. Sparks flew at the Hall when the womanising Squire married an 18-year-old girl who was younger than her step-daughters.

This was the background to the Roydon Riots – a retrospective view by Basil Abbott and friends, of the drama production presented in the village for the 1993 centenary.

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