About this Project
This website is an unofficial, historian-curated archive exploring England’s cultural memory, nostalgia and atmosphere in Midsomer Murders. On this topic, I’ve published an essay which is freely available. Lo and behold, it has the same title as this page: ‘Quintessentially English! The atmosphere in Midsomer Murders‘.
But that’s not all: take a look at the only complete historical chronology of Midsomer County (sorted by year or by episode) and some articles on English history and context within the TV series.
Looking for Something Specific?
English History in Midsomer Murders
Essay: Quintessentially English! The Atmosphere of Midsomer Murders
About Me
My name is Petra Tabarelli. I’m a playwright and cultural historian specialising in the ‘Long Regency’/Romantic Period (c.1800-1837), and its echoes into the present (atmosphere, cultural memory, nostalgia). I’m developing my playwriting practice through online short courses at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Currently I am developing a historically rooted play set in 1825 about Martha, a ‚Regency Amélie Poulain with Wollstonecraftian ideals on the Romantic Rhine’.
Alongside it, I’m working on a stage adaptation of my biography of Simon Rosenberger, a well-known football refereeing pioneer of the 1920s whose legacy was entirely erased from public memory in the wake of German Nazism, institutional neglect, post-war silence, and personal animosity.
For theatre, writing, research or dramaturgical enquiries, please visit petra-tabarelli.com .
Affiliations
- Member of London Playwrights
- Member of the Midsomer Murders Society
- Head of the Municipal Archive, Bingen on the Rhine
- Appointed member of the German Academy of Football Culture
Open for Conversation
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