The winter spring

the long version

Early in 1837 Thomas Winter was invited to take his theatrical company to the Earl of Bagot's country house to entertain the Earl's guests. The evening heralded the beginning of a new life for Winter's two enchanting daughters; for Isabella a dizzy rise to a great social position that was to be shadowed by scandal and the threat of public disgrace; and for Lettice the start of a career which involved the excitement of working with the greatest actor/manager of his day, the fascinating and terrifying Henry Davenant.