A Feast in Time of Plague

About the show

In London in 1665, a group of people feast during a plague. A Young Man asks them to remember a friend who has died. Walsingham instead calls for silence and asks Mary to sing; Louisa doubts Mary’s sincerity. After the sound of a dead-cart frightens Louisa, the Young Man asks Walsingham to sing a hymn. A priest enters and condemns the group for disrespecting the dead, but Walsingham sends him away, and the feasters return to their meal.