John Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture: at the Wigmore Hall

To coincide with the publication of his book, John Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture, Charles Saumarez Smith gave a lunchtime talk on Vanbrugh’s extraordinary life at the Wigmore Hall: his upbringing; why he spent so much time in a French gaol; the writing of The Relapse and The Provoked Wife; and how he came to design Castle Howard with no previous experience of architecture.

WATCH THE LECTURE HERE