Hesper Huffam

Dickon's Tudor Christmas Carol Hesper Huffam

It's Christmas Eve. Henry VII lies abed, after a hard day counting money ... After bedtime visits from "Mummy" Beaufort, and bidding a fond goodnight to Groat - his pet monkey- Henry's plans for another frugal Christmas and a 'taxing' New Year go awry when he is visited in the night by four spirits demanding he change his ways. First is the ghost of William Stanley, minus a head. Second, Richard III, whom Henry defeated at Bosworth, demanding he stops slandering his reputation. Next, 'the pretender' Perkin Warbeck, confusing him and making him doubt...and, last of all, a strangely familiar, rotund hooded figure whose presence shakes Henry to the core. Will the Queen ever get rid of the tin buckles on her shoes? - Will Henry find redemption and stick Morton's Fork somewhere Morton has never dreamed of?A familiar Yuletide story retold as a humorous Tudor era spoof; offering japes, jests, mayhem, monkeys, and porky princes... ...