The Society of Strange & Ancient Instruments

We think of the publicity stunt as peculiar to our age but the antics of Will Kemp, a shameless self-publicist and one of the leading actors in Shakespeare’s company, prove otherwise. In 1600 he danced his way from London to Norwich in nine days, entertaining an adoring public en route. The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments along with dancer Steven Player celebrate Kemp’s account of the journey, Nine Daies Wonder, with raucous dance tunes and more refined music of the Elizabethan age.