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Character Building ...
Please ask if you need a character not shown! It is possible for us to make clothing & research characters for most historical periods, given enough notice. Each workshop, lecture or Living history display can be tailored to meet your event for your event.
Characters can be used to further the national curriculum or used in 'Living History' situations.
The following are just some examples of characters already offered:-
Examples of character 'use' could include
- Match the character to the period of your historic building.
- Choose a character which fits an anniversary you wish to celebrate.
- Welcome your guests with a Liveried Butler.
- Open your event with an historical Dignitary.
'1st' or '3rd person' available.
15th Century (Late Medieval)
A character from the period of the 'Wars of the Roses'
The start of the Tudor Dynasty.
Late Tudor
From the time of Shakespeare and Jamestown. Guy Fawkes and the Mayflower. Elizabeth & James.
Middle Status. English Civil War. 1630-1650
What happened then?
English Civil War. Tea introduced. Anglo Dutch wars.
'Middle status' 1775-1790
What happened then?
Botany Bay. Boston Tea Party. American War of Independence. Cook discovers Hawaii. 'Amazing Grace' written. First convicts to Australia.
Mutiny on the Bounty.
A Georgian Gentleman, 1765 -1790. Dressed in Silk
What was happening in the world?
American war of Independence. Botany Bay. Boston Tea Party. Cook discovers Hawaii. 'Amazing Grace' written. First convicts to Australia. Mutiny on the Bounty. French Revolution
Regency 1790-1812
The time of:-
Penninsular Wars, Napoleonic wars, Waterloo, Retreat from Moscow. Rosetta stone. Egyptology. Britain bans the Slave trade. War of 1812. Canned food. Jane Austen
Victorian 1870-1890
A 'Broken down Gentleman'
What was happening?
Music Hall, Dickens, American Civil War, Crimea. Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole. Victorian Industrialisation & Transport. The Empire.
Edwardian 1905-1920
This character is good for :-
Boer War. Kipling. WWI.
