Peoples Republic of South Devon

Walking round

June 15th, 2008

posted by Cptn

Today, in the grounds of A la Ronde, the National Trust house and grounds just outside of Exmouth, Simon Persighetti (Wrights & Sites) and Phil Smith will be creating a special one-day-only walk/performance today called A Man About The House.

Phil Smith told the PRSD: “Last year, I created a walk based on the origins of this extraordinary late 18th century house built by Jane and Mary Parminster and its connections to Ravenna and the end of the world.

“I didn’t think it could get much more unusual than that. Particularly as Simon and I are basing this year’s walk on the apparently stuffy life of a 19th century local historian and guardian of the poor, the Reverend Oswald Reichel, the only male occupant during A la Ronde’s 200 year existence.

“Well, not only have we quickly turned up an early, glittering and forgotten career engaged in ritual and symbol, and wrestling with the meanings of global history, but, also, guided generously by one of the National Trust volunteers, we can tell a story has remained unspoken in public for over a century, the story of a life that Reichel left behind and yet never quite stopped living.

“Welcome to the symbolical story of Reverend Reichel: of clandestine lives, ceremonies, apples, of a house built on sand and a future governed by grace. Whose are those ghosts? Who are ‘Mr and Mrs Rice’?

These performance/walks all start at the reception of A la Ronde, times are 10am, 11.30am, 2.30pm and 4pm. The tickets cost £4 for adults and £2 for children.

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