Summary
AFILM and a book were launched last night which reveal the dramatic details of some of the most momentous months in Newcastle's history. For two months in 1644, Newcastle was besieged and finally stormed by a 22,000-strong Scottish army allied to the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War. The largely-forgotten saga of resistance and suffering was revived last night at Newcastle's Live Theatre during the premiere of the film Siege and Storm.
Made by Arpeggio Films, based in Newcastle's Ouseburn, it focuses on the last few days of the siege and the battle of wills between the town's Royalist mayor Sir John Marley and the Scots army commander Alexander Leslie.See the full content of this document
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; Book and Film Examine the Momentous 1644 Siege
The dialogue is based on letters and accounts of the time about the siege, which ended in f...
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