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The Story of England's First Drag Queen

2026-07-13 · 43 min · episode 294 · 10 entities

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<p>Born John Cooper, "Princess Seraphina" was one of the first English Drag Queens. Princess Seraphina was an 18th-century gentleman’s servant who openly embraced her feminine drag persona. But&nbsp;in May 1732, a man named Thomas Gordon robbed her of her clothes and money. The court case that followed was astounding.</p><p>Today Anthony Delaney takes Kate Lister back to the riotous streets of 18th century London.</p><p>Anthony's book <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/460692/queer-georgians-by-delaney-anthony/9781804993934" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Queer Georgians </a>is out now in paperback.</p> <p>Edited by Tim Arstall. Senior Producer is Freddy Chick.</p> <p>Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at <a href="https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe</u></a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><u>You can take part in our listener survey</u><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6FFT7MK" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u> here</u></a><u>.</u></p> <p>All music from Epidemic Sounds.</p><p>Voting is now open for the Listener's Choice Award at this year's Podcast Awards. Click to place your vote on the Spotify mobile app: https://open.spotify.com/s/xhg6PJa</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>