Kemp's Jig

Overview

Will Kemp, a purveyor of "mad jests and merry jigs", was a famous Elizabethan actor and a shareholder with Shakespeare in the company of the Lord Chamberlain's Men.  It is probable that many of the Bard's comic roles were written with him in mind, and it was Kemp who brought to life Touchstone, Dogberry and Launcelot Gobbo for the first time.

This is the true story of Kemp's morris dance from London to Norwich, a distance of 125 miles, in nine days. A remarkable feat, worthy of the Guinness Book of Records.