' Bede ' : play about the father of English history, by V. A. Peam , with music specially composed .by Martin Shaw
The Northumbrian monk Bede (A.D. 673-735) is one of the most famous figures of the twilit period of British history between the end of the Roman Occupation and the establishment of a single English kingdom. He lived most of his life in the monastery at Jarrow, where he taught Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, and the singing of church music. His historical writings form the main authority for the period of the Anglo-Saxon conquests and the conversion to Christianity of the invaders.