Author Glen James Brown has written Mother Naked based on an entry in an old cathedral record.
Wandering minstrel Mother Naked clearly did not impress his audience, the measly one groat he received being the smallest amount ever paid to an entertainer in Durham Cathedral's centuries-old records."All the light bulbs went off in my head, I felt compelled to write his story," the 41-year-old says.
Modyr Nakett was recorded as being a male minstrel who was paid one groat, or four pence, in the cathedral's bursar accounts from 1433-34. Addressing a crowd of local clergy, the powerful elite who controlled the lands of County Durham, Mother Naked tells a supernatural tale of a village plagued by a terrible and terrifying wraith.
"The parallels between then and now, the inequalities, the widening gaps between rich and poor, it was fascinating."The lives of the characters revolve around their obedience to religion, no matter how hard that made their existence. He wanted his 222-page monologue to sound authentic, invoking the vibes of Chaucer, but be readable for a modern audience, for which he found medieval cook books surprisingly helpful."For example, rather than just say 'cut an onion', they might have said 'snipe an onion to gobbets', which were just incredible words.
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