Edward Kelley: The English Alchemist

Season: 7 Episode: 31

What happens when a respected Elizabethan scholar becomes convinced he can speak to angels, and the mysterious man claiming to communicate with them turns out to have a talent for more than just the supernatural? This is the extraordinary story of John Dee and Edward Kelley, a partnership involving crystal balls, secret languages, alchemy, royal courts, mysterious visions, accusations of fraud and more than a little deception. Their journey would take them from England to the courts of Europe, from dreams of turning lead into gold to imprisonment, betrayal and ultimately tragedy.

CAST

John Weever - Martin Palmer

17th-Century Manuscript - Cerise Reed

Edward Kelley - Steve Sheperd

Arthur Edward Waite - Joe Wilson

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SOURCES

Prague Tourism

Hull and East Yorkshire Times Saturday, 20 November 1920

The Alchemical Writings of Edward Kelly (1893) by Arthur Edward Waite

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