Episode 13 A Towering Mathematical Poet

https://www.electricvoicetheatre.co.uk/ The 3nd of our electric voice theatre "Echoes from Essex" October PodcastsOur Towering Mathematical poet is Elizabeth Tollet (1694-1754), Stratford’s multi-talented Scientific Poet who lived for many years in the Tower of London. One of her neighbours, Isaac Newton, praised her achievements, yet her poetry expresses her resentment at being unjustly excluded from the male world of science.SPEAKERS:Dr Patricia Fara, Science Historian and Emeritus Fellow of Clare College CambridgeLelia Ferro, PoetMegan Krempa, an upper-year honours student at the University of King's College, Halifax, Nova ScotiaMUSIC, sung by electric voice theatre singers and the Essex Virtual Choir:Imogen Holst (1907 - 1984) – “Set me as a seal upon thine heart” one of “Four Canons for Winsome” by Imogen Holst, a setting of texts from the Song of Songs Written in 1946 at Dartington Summer School and dedicated to a fellow teacher and close friend, Winsome BartlettFrances M Lynch - “Echoes from Essex” & “Fragments of Tollet”The series presenter is Frances M Lynch, Artistic Director of electric voice theatre.Part of electric voice theatre’s Essex 2020 Minerva Scientifica project “Echoes from Essex” in collaboration with Chelmsford Civic Theatre and Essex 2020, supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.