A popular crowd-pleaser in the late 16th and mid-17th century, the dramatic jig was a short, comic, bawdy musical-drama which included elements of dance, slapstick and disguise. This performance edition presents for the first time nine examples of English dramatic jigs from the late sixteenth century through to the Restoration.

Roger Clegg is senior lecturer in drama studies at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. Lucie Skeaping presents The Early Music Show each week on BBC Radio 3. She is a writer, musician, performer, and broadcaster.