Intro+to+Shakespear

Age- 20.5 years old.  Name – Joanne Wynefreed  Sex- Female  Marital status- Engaged  Occupation (if any) -I'm a housewife  Income- I trade goods at the market.  Where in London do you live? I live in a medium-small house near the Tower of London.  How much education did you receive? I've had close to nothing education, she can count to 76.  What were you taught? Respect your elders  What is your religion? Protestant  How has your religion affected your life in terms of how you are treated by people in power? Have to pay certain taxes.  What play do you go to see? Hamlet  How did you know it was playing? People talking about it around town, and raving about how good it is.  What other Shakespeare plays might you have been able to see? Henry V; As You Like It;  What play by Shakespeare was your favourite until now? Julius Caesar  What actor in the company is your favourite actor? Claudius <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> How are you dressed when you attend the play? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> Underclothes - Red Chemise - White Stockings - White Kirtle - White Stomacher -Petticoat -Part let -Forepart <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> Over Clothes - Ruff -Cloak -dress shoes -Silk Red gown -Hat -Gloves <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> Describe some of the costumes the actors wear. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> Bright colors, blue, yellow, red; Sandals, Robes, Shields, some wore leather armour <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> You are planning to go to a ball (fancy dance party) after the play. How will you dress for that? Teal Dress, With a Teal umbrella and hat, white stockings, kirtle, stomacher, petticoat, and part let. Shining pendant. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> What did you dine on before going to the theater? Bread, leftover turkey from the feast from last night, blue cheese, and an apple <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> When did you eat? Ate an hour before the show because there’s a fancy dance after. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> What did you drink? Red wine and 100% fat milk. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> How much did it cost? A couple pennies for the bread. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> How much did you pay for your ticket? Husband got them as a gift from the army <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> Where did you sit? Middle of the 2nd or 3rd row <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> A number of your friends chose to spend the afternoon seeing another kind of entertainment, what was it? lyre recital <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> Who was the most important person you recognized in the audience? Queen Elizabeth herself <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> Who ruled England at the time? Queen Elizabeth <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> What was some gossip about the ruler? Had an affair with Robert Dudley <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> Who was the Lord Mayor of London at the time? Nicholas <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> What is the last book you read? The Bible, in the last sunset.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> I am spoiled by my fiancée who is a general in the army. He is a very important man, and I stay at home cooking and cleaning for and after him. My fiancée does not know that I can't read which frightens me when he's going to find out. Since I'm illiterate, I got my fiancée to hire me a writer to write me poems. At least that’s what he thinks, I really got one to write my journal out on paper.

//<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Joanne Wynefreed // //<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">July 5th 1599 //

//Thee date of today is July 5th of the year 1599,// //Its the night before the big play by William Shakespeare, a close friend of a friend, and dazzled am I. My knee caps are trembling in excitement! But before I trod off to the play I must speak into my journal with this new writer dearest got for me, metaphorically of course. Here is what my day was like and what was going through my head throughout the day.// //Today after tea, I went to the tailors, next door, to try on a ballroom gown for tonight’s play and fancy dance. It will be most pleasant, I'm sure of that. After all my fiancée did promise me there will be all types of important people from the army! Where there are important people, there is also gossip, and oh do I ever love gossip. It gives me something to do while dearest is out on his long trips. But, the real reason why I shall be attending tonight’s Ball is because if people hear that a peasant girl like me, who can't even read, went to a formal party they'll be raving about us for ages!// //Oh but, I really hope her highness is going to be there. Meeting Queen Elizabeth would be the utmost pleasant highlight of my night, besides from the food of course! If that were to be possible people would be gossiping about us for ages, and no one would forget the name Wynefreed.// //Dearest is home, I shall haft to go,//