I am so impressed that you acted out the whole of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and wish I could have seen you doing it. I’m a white haired granny now but 58 years ago I played the First Fairy in our school play and will try to bring in a photo of our play to show you. Maybe you’ll be able to guess who all the characters are?
I too loved reading about your Shakespeare productions (and am looking forward to seeing the picture of a production 58 years ago).
Now you know so much about Tudor theatre, you might be interested in a story I read in the newspaper today (the Times) about Tudor music. This Saturday a group of children are performing a special song at the Lord Mayor’s show. The song was composed for and performed at Anne Boleyn’s wedding and coronation. The music was lost long ago but the words were found in a notebook of King Henry’s. Can you think how historians might have worked out what the tune was?
If we manage to hear the music, maybe we could incorporate it into our amazing Tudor dances. By the way, you were all awesome at the dancing today. It was hard to believe I was not really in the court of King Henry.
Dear Y4,
I am so impressed that you acted out the whole of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and wish I could have seen you doing it. I’m a white haired granny now but 58 years ago I played the First Fairy in our school play and will try to bring in a photo of our play to show you. Maybe you’ll be able to guess who all the characters are?
Keep up the great work!
Dear year 4,
I too loved reading about your Shakespeare productions (and am looking forward to seeing the picture of a production 58 years ago).
Now you know so much about Tudor theatre, you might be interested in a story I read in the newspaper today (the Times) about Tudor music. This Saturday a group of children are performing a special song at the Lord Mayor’s show. The song was composed for and performed at Anne Boleyn’s wedding and coronation. The music was lost long ago but the words were found in a notebook of King Henry’s. Can you think how historians might have worked out what the tune was?
If we manage to hear the music, maybe we could incorporate it into our amazing Tudor dances. By the way, you were all awesome at the dancing today. It was hard to believe I was not really in the court of King Henry.
Thanks to Jacob’s Granny for your lovely picture. I shall show everyone and they can have a go at answering the questions.
thank you Jacobs granny!