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Age

19

Name – please select a name from [|Elizabethan Names] or [|Faire Names for English Folk] Roger

Sex Male

Marital status Not married

Occupation (if any) - find ideas at the [|Services and Occupations] listing from Life in Elizabethan England Journeyman Fletcher

Income About a shilling a day.

Where in London do you live? Smithfield

How much education did you receive? Enough to get by daily life smoothly. Enough to not get cheated by someone. I knew how too read and write well, but not a well as a playwrite.

What were you taught? I was taught how to fletch arrows, how to read, write, run a business, and how to make a living as a fletcher

What is your religion? I am Protestant.

How has your religion affected your life in terms of how you are treated by people in power? During Elizabethan times, Catholics and Protestants were treated the same way so that they will not start fighting. From this, all religion as treated around the same way.

What play do you go to see? Romeo and Juliet

How did you know it was playing? Flags were put up and had pictures to display when they would be displayed. Another way the plays were advertised was by the word of the mouth.

What other Shakespeare plays might you have been able to see? I have seen Midsummer Night's Dream

What play by Shakespeare was your favorite until now? Midsummer Night’s Dream

What actor in the company is your favorite actor? Henry Condell.

How are you dressed when you attend the play? A shirt, belt, hat, shoes, ruff, and separate sleeves.

Describe some of the costumes the actors wear. The actors were one of the only people allowed to wear really fashionable clothes and they were the only ones who did on stage. During the play, the actors who played the upper class wore silks, furs, and purple. Just from the colour of their costume, you can tell what class the person they are acting belong.

You are planning to go to a ball (fancy dance party) after the play. How will you dress for that? I will dress with my finest belt, a fancy hat I got from France, some leather shoes, and some nice breeches.

What did you dine on before going to the theater? Beef, eggs, bread, and some fish.

When did you eat? Before I went to the theater

What did you drink? Ale, cider, beer, and white wine.

How much did it cost? 8 pence for all of this food and drink.

How much did you pay for your ticket? 2 pence

Where did you sit? The galleries because it's better than the pit, but not as good as the gentlemen's rooms.

A number of your friends chose to spend the afternoon seeing another kind of entertainment, What was it? They decided to go watch fencing.

Who was the most important person you recognized in the the audience? Elizabeth because today was opening night.

Who ruled England at the time? Elizabeth was the ruler at this time.

What was some gossip about the ruler? Elizabeth was obsessed with plays and she was too neutral in terms of religion.

Who was the Lord Mayor of London at the time? Stephen Slanye was the mayor at this time.

What is the last book you read? Taming of the Shrew

Dear Diary,

Today is my birthday. I am now 19 so I celebrated my birthday by going to a Shakespeare play. The play that I watched was Romeo and Juliet and today was their opening night. The play was no doubt interesting since it was a Shakespeare play, but the part of Juliet played by a guy ruined the romantic part. I don't understand why women are not in plays and why men have women roles. I sometimes really do not understand this culture when it comes to men and women roles because there are too many rules to follow. The Juliet part ruined my interest for the play a little, but it was a still a big hit and even Queen Elizabeth was there to watch. When the play concluded, the whole theater exploded with claps and screams and it was quite terrifying at the same time. For the play, I got a galleries seat so that I would not have to stand with the commoners, but it was far more uncomfortable than the seats in the lord's rooms. Still, it was a pretty good deal for 2 pence because not many people can say that they saw Romeo and Juliet with a bench. Before this play came out, I loved Midsummer's Night Dream and read the book all the time, but this play might be my new favourite. It sure was nice to take the day off because I have been working on fletching arrows ever since I passed my apprenticeship. I made about a shilling a day as a journeyman so it is good pay, but fletching arrows is very hard work. It is of course better than working as a lowly farmer making a few pence. Before I went to the play, I ate some food that consisted of fish, eggs, beef, and bread. The fish were freshly caught instead of the usual rotten fish and the other stuff was cooked a little more fancy than usual just because it is my birthday. Too bad I am not married because then I would have someone to celebrate my birthday with, but that is okay. My friends were going to go to the play with me, but they changed their minds and decided to go see fencing. Personally, I think they are cheap and just could not afford the tickets. After I went to the play, I decided to go to a dancing ball, but I couldn't find anyone to dance with so I decided to smash the instruments that were playing and get kicked out. I guess I gate crashed the ball, but I was pretty mad at the time so no one can blame me; however, I did wear my good clothes for the ball. Some of the things I wore were my best breeches, a leather belt, a fancy hat I got from France, some leather shoes, and fur cloak. Overall, my birthday was a good one and by going to Shakespeare's play, I made it even better.