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The Blackadder Tapestry

Four ages of one deeply unpleasant family, stitched in wool.

Mounted knights riding out, from scene 49 of the Bayeux Tapestry — HIC EDMVNDVS AD BELLVM EQVITATThe Black Adder · 1485

A fleet of ships under striped sails crossing the sea, from scene 38 of the Bayeux Tapestry — HIC NAVIS AD TERRAS NOVAS NAVIGATBlackadder II · 1558–1603

Cooks and servants carrying in a feast, from scenes 42 and 43 of the Bayeux Tapestry — HIC SERVI CENAM MINISTRANTBlackadder the Third · c. 1760–1820

Soldiers in tin helmets advancing past barbed wire above a border of poppies, embroidered in the Bayeux style — HIC OMNES SVPRA FOSSAM EXEVNTBlackadder Goes Forth · 1917

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Latest dispatch

All 1997–2026 news ›

Announced today

Rowan Atkinson returns to the West End with Rowan Live, and Blackadder is coming too

Rowan Atkinson is back on the London stage next year with Rowan Live, his first comedy sketch show in the West End for 40 years. It mixes classic characters, Blackadder included, with brand-new material from Richard Curtis, Ben Elton and Howard Goodall.

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Show: Rowan Live
Where: Gillian Lynne Theatre, Drury Lane
When: 8 February to 13 March 2027
Performances: 30, Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm
Tickets: Priority booking Wed 7 Oct, 9am. General sale from noon.

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The Four Ages

1485The Black AdderEdmund, Duke of Edinburgh, and the Wars of the Roses.1558–1603Blackadder IILord Edmund at the court of Elizabeth I.c. 1760–1820Blackadder The ThirdMr E. Blackadder, butler to the Prince Regent.1917Blackadder Goes ForthCaptain Blackadder in the trenches of the Great War.