Tales of Drake by Nick Wilkes

A drink, a fight and tales through the night of piracy, slavery and the world encompassed…

1603, and the Pelican Tavern stands at the edge of the Thames near Execution Dock.

Here, a former sailor serves a last quart of ale to those found guilty of Piracy, before they hang at the scaffold from a shortened rope.

Whilst he waits, he recounts his travels and tales of time spent at sea serving under Sir Francis Drake; the Circumnavigation, the Armada, the massacre at Rathlin Island – and his own questionable career on the seas…

A Malvernbard production

Written and performed by Nick Wilkes

Directed by Jon Legg