Tales of Drake

1604, 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 massacre at Rathlin Island - and his own questionable career on the seasWritten and performed by Nick Wilkes
Directed by Jon Legg