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The Three Companions
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In the year 2007 three
Companions came together to look at some of the
correspondence of Thomas Dunckerley, probably the greatest
Freemason this country has ever had, in particular in the
Holy Royal Arch, being Grand Superintendent of some 18
provinces. Many of his letters, particularly in respect of
the formation of the first Holy Royal Arch in Cornwall, are
held in the Coombe Masonic Library at Hayle, Cornwall. After
reading these letters, and other Masonic records, it was
soon realised that it was possible to build an enactment
around these valuable letters, so a script was written, and
three Companions were soon ready for rehearsals.
Permission was obviously needed, and both the Grand
Superintendents of the Provinces of Cornwall and Devonshire
gave permission for the Companions to perform Part 1 of the
trilogy “Some Correspondence of Thomas Dunckerley” with the
Companions being in period costume. Each of the Companions
plays the part of one of the characters involved in the
letters of the period. One Companion plays the part of
John Knight, a very important Companion of |
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Cornwall. Another plays a servant of |
Comp.
Keith Vallance, Comp. Ian Passmore & E.Comp. John Cornish |
Thomas Dunckerley, who very often was blamed
for losing letters, etc, but also wrote letters on behalf of
Thomas Dunckerley when he was ill and unable to write
himself. The third Companion plays Thomas Dunckerley
himself, who at times appeared rather short tempered with
some people, but perhaps his suffering considerable pain
could explain this, as he was afflicted with “gout” in both
hand and feet, which made walking and writing very
difficult.
The first presentation was at Perseverance Chapter No. 164
at Sidmouth, Devonshire, in October 2007. The Companions of
that Chapter, together with their visitors, were most
enthusiastic and as a result it was decided to send a letter
to all Chapters in both Cornwall and Devonshire advertising
our presentation, and that should they have an evening with
no exaltation, or perhaps at their business meeting, they
might like to consider having our team perform for them. The
response was far greater than anticipated resulting in the
team giving presentations in both provinces, sometimes two
or three times a month. Since that time Part 2 has also been
given extensively in both provinces. In 2011 Part 3, the
final part, was ready for presentation and any Chapter can
now book any or all three parts. The original Three
Companions have been unable to attend every presentation so
another three Companions have been persuaded to join us
enabling us to accept more bookings. If there are any
Chapters in other provinces who would like our presentation
we will be happy to try and programme them into our
schedule.
For full details or to make a booking please contact E.Comp.
John Cornish on 01392 433601 or e-mail:
jc.freemason@btinternet.com
2013 Programme
Friday 17th May 2013 Dundas Lodge Plymouth. Part 1.
Please contact the team to book a Chapter demonstration
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