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WELCOME TO CROSSFORD

“There be magic in these woods”The small village of Crossford is a typical English village of the 16th century. It has its farmers, its miller, its baker, oh, and its magical forest. Perhaps that is not typical, but it is ordinary for the citizens of Crossford, as it has been for decades. This forest is very old indeed. It has an energy all its own. It is the home to many fairies who hold court within its very boundaries. During times of magical power, which fall upon the solstices and equinoxes, the forest finds a person in need of direction, someone caught at a crossroads...and it brings him or her here to Crossford. This gateway transcends not only space but time itself.

Where is Crossford?Crossford is a village in Northumberland, England. If it existed in 2018, it would stand approximately 20 miles southwest of Alnwick Castle, home of the Duke of Northumberland. However, as with all magical places, it has faded away with time.

NorthumberlandNorthumberland is a county inNortheast England. It shares a borderwith Scotland along its northernedge. Due to its geographicallocation, it has been the scene ofmany battles between England andScotland. As evidence of its violenthistory, Northumberland has morecastles than any other county inEngland. This includes the castles ofAlnwick, Bamburgh, Dunstanburgh,Newcastle and Warkworth. Thisviolence extends back to the Romanoccupation, and the famous landmark, Hadrian’s Wall, is one of Northumberland’s key features.

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What goes on in Crossford on our festival day?

The year is 1565, and the little town of Crossford is alive and thriving with it’s yearly festival. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have made their way to the festival with their entourage, but all is not well. While at Opening Court, The Duke and Duchess are greeting their honored guests, there are some unknown faces. Sir Richard Bingham appears and introduces himself.

He seems to be familiar with Crossford, but Crossford 10 years from now. Sir Richardintroduces his entourage of English Enforcers who have been keeping the Irish Rebellion under wraps. At that moment, Grace O’Malley and her crew of Irish Pirates arrived. Grace and Bingham have opposing views on the future of Ireland. Grace had made a pact with Queen Elizabeth of England that she would not attack any English vessels, and she would allow Ireland to Govern themselves. Sir Richard had different plans, and was a tyrant, keeping Ireland under check. His entourage was filled with the people he used to keep the Irish people under foot, and Grace has had enough.

Grace was bound by her arrangement with Queen Elizabeth, but her brother and crew were not about to let their people to be pushed around by the aggressor, Bingham. Now Grace must decide to honor her agreement with the Queen, or break her word in order to stop Bingham’s bullying of her people.

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OUR CHARACTERS

When reading history books, we often feel distant from the people in them: George Washington is just a guy in a powdered wig who became our first President; Queen Elizabeth I was a redhead who wore huge dresses. They are so distant that it can be difficult to relate or understand that such historical figures were real people, with real feelings, real problems and real lives.

At the New Jersey Renaissance Faire you can experience history first hand. Speak with these people and talk to them about anything. Meet with William Shakespeare and ask him what inspired his plays. Ask the Duke and Duchess what it is like to live in a castle. Talk to knights about how to swing a broad sword, and why they needed them. Don’t just read the history – experience it. You’ll be surprised just how human these legends are. And learn just how legendary you can someday become.

Richard Bingham (1528 – January 19, 1599)

Richard Bingham was born in Dorset in 1528. Unfortunately we do not know much about his early life, only that he joined the military when he was twenty. In 1588 he married Sarah Heigham but the couple had no sons, and their line passed with them.

By 1579, Bingham had been recognized by Queen Elizabeth for his military and diplomatic skill, and was sent to Ireland to quell the Irish Rebellion. By 1584 he had been named Governor of the Irish Province of Connaught. This appointment led him to great controversy, as he was constantly at odds with Grace O’Malley, who he called “nurse to all rebellions in the province for this forty years”. Grace did everything she could to undermine his authority, and keep the Kingdom of Ireland free.

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By 1598, Bingham was the foremost expert on Ireland (in the eyes of England). However, the situation had grown desperate. The Queen had given Bingham the title of Marshal of Ireland, and General of Leinster. As he set out from England to Ireland, he commanded 5000 troops. Unfortunately, Bingham died of natural causes upon arrival in Dublin. He was succeeded as Marshal of Ireland by Richard Wingfield, and Lord President of Connaught by Conyers Clifford.

Bingham’s EntourageSir Francis Walsingham

Lady Mary CliffordHayman Raven, Executioner

Fiona Sweeney, Bingham’s Prisoner

Grace O’Malley

(1530 – 1603)

Gráinne Ní Mháille, or Grace O’Malley in English, was the daughter of Irish nobility. Born in 1530 (the date is unknown), the O’Malley clan had already been well established as a sea-faring group. The O’Malley’s often plundered other Irish lands and held dominion over the Western coast of Ireland from as early as the 1200s. Grace took after her father, and was rumored to have cut off her hair in front of him when he said her long hair would get caught in the rigging. She spent most of her life on board various ships.

A strong and canny fighter, Grace was often called upon to lead, even before she was a captain of her own fleet. In 1567, just a day after giving birth to a son on board a ship, the captain in-

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formed Grace that they were under attack by Algerian pirates. They were losing. Grace ran up the stair and spurred the men on to battle, shooting pistols at the pirates. With her enthusiasm, the ship won the day!

Ireland at this time is mostly made up of small clans. The goal of the English was to maneuver the leaders of some clans to accept English rule slowly, thereby gradually overtaking the old ways of life with the promises of titles and extra land from enemies. When Richard Bingham took over this policy in 1584, he abandoned the slow and subtle for brute force, often killing women and children to prove his power.

But Grace was not only a fierce warrior, but a cunning political figure as well. After years of battles back and forth with Bingham, Grace went to Queen Elizabeth herself to ask for his removal as Governor of Connaught. The two women met on even terms and spoke their negotiations in Latin, the only language common to each of them. Whatever was said between them, it worked. Bingham was removed from Ireland, though only temporarily, and Grace proved herself as a formidable opponent in politics as well as with the sword.

The spirit of Gráinne Ní Mháille endures in her legends of strength and cunning, forged at a time when men were believed to have the only right to either. She is a continuing symbol of fierce loyalty and courage to many, including her Irish homeland. Legends of the Irish Pirate Queen still persist and a number of museums and ships have been dedicated to her memory in Clew Bay and Clare Island, some of her famous haunts. She is a powerful figure in history, and one not soon dismissed by those who study the Renaissance time period.

Grace’s CrewDonal O’Malley

TiernanPogue O’Leary

Mara FlynnShelby FlynnIsadora Mila

Siobhan O’FlahertyHildy ColcannonMaggie O’Shea


Irish - English ConflictDivisions between Ireland and England have existed since long before the conflicts that weigh heavily on recent memory. Although research is still being performed on the subject every day, most modern linguists would agree that the Irish family of Celtic languages, separated from the British family of Celtic languages, sometime between 800 and 1200 BCE. This divide of language and culture was only strengthened by the physical separation of the two by the Irish Sea and the conquest of Britain by the Roman Empire. However, in the middle of the first Millennium, the conversion of Ireland to Christianity, followed by the invasions of Britain by the Saxons, Jutes, and Angles, and the establishment of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms changed the dynamic between the two islands drastically. For the first time, an age of tribal land disputes was replaced by a sys-tem of lords and vassals, known as the Feudal system, and following the Norman invasion of England in 1066, an era of English imperialism began with the 1169 Norman invasion of Ireland. This would set the stage for much of the conflict in the coming centuries.

Following a period of decline of English rule over Ireland extending to the end of the 1400s, Eng-lish interest in their neighbor island was revived when Henry VIII, King of England, re-formed the title of the Kingdom of England in 1542, following a failed rebellion by the Earl of Kildare in what little Irish territory the English crown still held, known as The Pale. Following the crushing of this revolt, Henry VIII tried to win the loyalty of the local Irish lords by incorporating them into the existing English system of land ownership. The local Irish only began to oppose this when the growing central power of the English government continued to revoke many of the privileges of self-rule that the Irish landowners enjoyed. This resulted in near-constant revolt, especially in the County of Connacht. To counter this, the English government, especially under Elizabeth I, tried many different strategies. The first was to station English troops in particularly troublesome parts of Ireland. When this failed, governors were assigned to all parts of Ireland, accompanied by a local garrison. Still desperate to subdue the island, the English government resorted to resettling English subjects to Ireland, mostly in Ulster, in an effort to make the local population more English without risking disloyalty from trying to convert the local Irish. This tension would boil over in 1595 when Hugh O’Neill of Ulster entered open rebellion against the English with the support of the Spanish King, who was fighting his own war with the English. Despite early success, O’Neill and his Spanish allies were defeated, and although he and his allies were treated generously following the rebellion, even being given their land and titles back, O’Neill and many others fled Ireland in 1607 and their lands were left to the English crown.


Introducing the Rest of CrossfordSet out to meet as many of these fine folk as you can during your visit!

Nobility• Duke Hugh Percy, Our Festival Host• Duchess Elizabeth Percy, Our Hostess• Duchess Frances Seymour, Duke’s Mother- in-law• Lady Elizabeth Percy, Daughter of Duke and Duchess• Lady Jane Seymour, Sister of the Duchess• Captain Thomas Swift, Captain of the Duke’s Guard• Lance Corporal Ignatious Bewford Smalls, Duke’s Guard• Lieutenant Daniel Foxworth, Duke’s Guard• Private William Bigsby, Duke’s Guard

Knights• Sir Lucian, Knight of Crossford• Sir Henry Walingford, Knight of Crossford• Dame Thora, Knight of Crossford

Visitors of Note• Lord Edward DeVere, 17th Earl of Oxford• Lord Athington Folderoy III, Baron of West Unfurthshire• Lady Emmaline Camilla Follderoy, Baroness of West Unfurthshire• Christopher Marlowe, Playwright• Mary Marlowe, Scribe• Leana Nardo, Artist (Continued on page 9)



Townsfolk•Leopold Craven, Town Bailiff• Stannum Mann, Undersheriff• Denny Hopkins, Innkeeper• Marie Hopkins, Innkeeper’s Wife• Clover Millefore, Beekeeper• Reginald Farthing, Musician• Gwendolyn Gardner, Vegetable Monger• Maddie Hatter, Hatmaker• Tammy Hatter, Hatmaker• Nigel Sedgrick Googlier, Historian• Evangeline Sherwood, Highwaywoman• Bryna O’Connell, Woodswoman• Garrick Elwood, Woodsman• Thadeus Breck, Apprentice Woodsman• Max Hopkins, Ratcatcher• Ian McFiddles, Musician• Gregor Choppington, Butcher• Violet Malot, Dyer• Cammy Thorton, Washing Wench• Nivia Clark, Washer Wench• Dove Hopkins, Washer Wench• Quinton Masterson, Inventor

• Rosemary Tart, Baker• Eileen Dawn, Chandler• Penelope Weaver, Weaver• Norm Pubsitter, Adventurer• Delphi Katts, Oracle• Laurel Katts, Herbalist• Alunus Katts, Potion Maker• Tallulah Tattersby, Ragmonger• Toby D. Termind, Unemployed

Fairies • Shimmer• Whimsy• Ray• Meadowlark • Tikal

Wait, there are more?!You will also meet Crossford’s Glassblower, Blacksmith, crafters, artisans and all who make food provisions for the Duke and Duchess. And don’t miss your chance to cross paths with knights of Round Table Jousting, and be delighted by the amusements of

our aerialist, jugglers, sword swallowers and more!


CLASSIC WORKS

Hamlet

This year on the shire, our good town players and visitors shall be performing one of William Shakespeare’s most famous works. The Trag-edy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark - often shortened to just Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602. Set in Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet is called to wreak upon his uncle, Claudius, by the ghost of Hamlet’s father, King Hamlet. (Yes, Hamlet shared his dad’s name.) Claudius had murdered his own brother and seized the throne, also marrying his deceased brother’s widow.

Our crew shall be performing an abridged version of this epic length tale. Hamlet is Shakespeare’s longest play, clocking in at four hours plus. It’s new style and use of psychological tropes not seen during his time has caused it to be considered among the most powerful and influential works of world literature. It was probably one of Shakespeare’s most popular works during his lifetime, and still ranks among his most performed, leading the performance list of the Royal Shakespeare Company and its predecessors in Stratford-upon-Avon since 1879.

Shakespeare found much of his inspiration from stories that he had heard or read. The story of Shakespeare’s Hamlet was derived from the legend of Amleth, preserved by 13th-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus in his Gesta

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Danorum, as subsequently retold by the 16th-century scholar François de Belleforest. It can be seen in many of his plays, that he took extant material and modernized and expanded on it. The original story had no sub plot, but Shakespeare added in Polonius’ family drama and the actors. He almost certainly wrote his version of the title role for his fellow actor, Richard Burbage, the leading actor of Shakespeare’s time. Today, much like Shakespeare himself, we are going to take his extant text and adapt it to our use. Enjoy.

Richard IIIReturn on one of our public 2018 Public Faire Days (June 2 and 3) and there will be a second abridged Shakespeare play on the Revels Schedule.

Richard III is a historical play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written around 1593. It depicts the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of King Richard III of England. The play is grouped among the histories in the First Folio and is most often classified as such. Occasionally, however, as in the quarto edition, it is termed a tragedy. Richard III concludes Shakespeare’s first tetralogy.

Though handled with a comedic touch (and lots of blood) by NJRF directors, the subject matter is for more mature audiences.



TIMELINE

To give you a snapshot of where the events of our day are pulled from history, here is a timeline of Europe during the Renaissance (14th to 17th Centuries), and the Age of Discovery (15th to 17th Centuries).

800 and 1200 BCE

Celtic languages seperate, indicating rift in Ireland/England

1066 Norman invasion of England, beginning of an era of English imperalism

1169 Norman invasion of Ireland.

1452 Leonardo da Vinci born.

1453

Fall of Constantinople--Greek scholars imigrate to Italy bringing with them Ancient Greek 1453 manuscripts. European trade links by land with Asia are severed, leading many to begin seeking routes east by sea and spurring the age of exploration. Renaissance begins in Italy.

1492 Christopher Columbus lands in Bahamas and “discovers” the New World.

1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints Mona Lisa.

1506 St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome is rebuilt under Bramante.

1507 New World is named America after Amerigo Vespucci.

1509Henry VIII ascends English throne.Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

1512 Ponce de Leon “discovers” Florida.

1513Machiavelli writes The Prince.Balboa becomes the first European to encounter the Pacific Ocean.

1517 Hernando Cortes discovers Mexico.

1519Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan sets out to circumnavigate the globe. Cortes conquers Mexico for Spain.Cosimo I born, eventually becomes first Grand Duke of Tuscany.

1521 Spanish conquest of Aztecs.

1524Verrazano, sailing under the French flag, explores the New England coast and New York Bay.


1527Troops of the Holy Roman Empire attack Rome, imprison Pope Clement VII—the end of the Italian Renaissance.

1528 Richard Bingham born.

1530 Gráinne Ní Mháille (Grace O’Malley) born.

1534 First book printed in Western Hemisphere, in Mexico.

1535 Jacques Cartier discovers St. Lawrence River.

1541 De Soto discovers Mississippi River.

1542 Henry VIII, King of England, re-formed the title of the Kingdom of England

1543Publication of On the Revolution of Heavenly Bodies by Polish scholar Nicolaus Copernicus— gives his theory that the earth revolves around the sun.

1549 Ferdinando I de’ Medici born.

1558Queen Elizabeth I ascends the English throne--the Elizabethan Era begins and the Renaissance will reach height in England, credited for great drama of Shakespeare and Marlowe.

1564 Shakespeare is born in Stratford-upon Avon.

1565

The present day in Crossford. It is the height of the English Renaissance and the magic of the woods has brought together many historical figures from throughout the Renaissance as well as our spe-cial visitors.

1577 Francis Drake begins voyage around world.

1579Bingham recognized for his military and diplomatic skill, and was sent to Ireland to quell the Irish Rebellion.

1580 Francis Drake returns to England after circumnavigating the globe.

1584 Bingham takes over as Governor of Connaught.

1588 England defeats the Spanish Armada.

1590 Galileo experiments with falling objects.

1592Plague outbreak forces closing of theatres until spring of 1594, during which time Shakespeare wrote the narrative poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Luc-rece.


1593 Shakespeare writes Richard III.

1595Hugh O’Neill of Ulster entered open rebellion against the English with the sup-port of the Spanish King

1599The Globe opens, Julius Caesar is one of the first plays staged in the theatre. Shakespeare writes Hamlet. Bingham dies.

1603

Queen Elizabeth I dies and James VI of Scotland becomes James I King of England. Lord Chamberlain’s Men—the company of players which Shakespeare wrote for and was a sharer in—becomes the King’s Men, with the patronage of King James. Gráinne Ní Mháille (Grace O’Malley) dies.

1607Jamestown is established--In 2016 it remains the oldest surviving English colony in America.

1613The Globe is destroyed by fire. The theatre was rebuilt in 1614 and remained open until 1642. Shakespeare’s Globe, a modern reconstruction of the theatre next to the original site was opened in 1997.


ENTERTAINMENT ABOUNDS IN CROSSFORD!

StorylineDuke’s Court, Human Chess, Grand Joust and Day’s End: Follow the story of Grace O’Malley as she chooses between giving her clan peace or going to war for the sake of Ireland. Meet the characters at the Duke’s Court. Follow the struggles in our full scale Human Chess Match and Grand Joust. The day will culminate, all will be resolved, and history will resume its rightful course in Day’s End.

Other School Day Revels

*Hamlet: The classic play by William Shakespeare will be performed for your entertainment pleasure in a half-hour abridged form.

*History Speaks: Join Marshall Laww as he hosts a question and answer session with Grace, Donal, Bingham, and Shakespeare. Bring your questions and prepare to learn history from those who lived it.

*Beggars, Thieves and the Black Death: Learn about some of the darker sides of the Renaissance from our Lord Mayor Marshall Laww.

*Stage Combat Demo: Join the Knights of Crossford as they show the

skills of an armored knight and weapons that keep them safe on the field of battle.

*Glassblowing Demo: The history of glassblowing will be discussed as the molten glass is transformed before your eyes. Each show is it’s own time period.

Lords of Adventure: Join Jack Bold and Roger Awesome for a comedy sword fighting show that will teach you about confidence, bully-prevention and being an adventurer in your daily lives.

*Peasant Dance: Put on your dancing shoes and join the villagers of Crossford for a lesson in the historical dances of the period.


Peasant Trial with Lord Mayor Marshall Laww: Participate in a trial with the Lord Mayor himself. As Her Majesty’s justice is upheld, students may find themselves on trial.

Shelli Buttons, Aerialist: Be amazed as Miss Shelli Buttons defies gravity with aerial acrobatics and spectacular feats of human potential.

*Whipperwill Archery: Join Master Archer Bill Darr for a lesson on the history of the English longbow. He will perform shots that will amaze as this tool and weapon comes to life before your eyes.

Nothing Sacred: Roger Awesome’s new band will regale your senses with period tunes. You never know what you might hear from these fine gentlemen.

*William Shakespeare: Watch the Bard himself entertain with one of his famous plays starring... you!! Be ready to participate in an interactive retelling of one of Master Shakespeare’s famous plays.

Crossford Singers: Join the villagers of Crossford for some rollicking music of the times.

*Armor Demo: Join the Knights of Round Table Jousting as they show the equipment of an armored knight and the weapons that they used on the field of battle.

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ACTIVITIES FOR YOUR CLASSROOM

Talk ShowYou play the upbeat need-to-know-everything talk show host, and assign each student a person from the Renaissance who they will portray in an interview. You may provide students with information on each of their Renaissance guest characters or assign students to learn more about their assigned person independently. In either case, students should learn some facts of the person’s life and be encouraged to further develop their own ideas about what it would have been like to be that person, including their behavior, feelings and point of view on matters.

On the day of the talk show, your classroom becomes the network studio stage and students step into the shoes of their Renaissance character to become your guests and audience. As guests, students answer questions in character. You decide whether your guests have traveled through time to appear on your talk show today in 2018, or your talk show is taking place back in the time of your guests. For the latter, you may wish to come up with a historical persona for yourself as the host and remind your audience that they are also back in time with you.

Make it fun and less stressful for students by having multiple guests on your talk show at once. You can group them in themes for each episode—have a panel of Renaissance artists one day, put nobles with opposing viewpoints on your show together, any theme or scenario that will produce dialogue works. Perhaps you wish to discuss a current event of their time with your guests. Ask a variety of questions—some referencing points you want to make for your lesson and some that are just for the fun of it. Keep your audience involved by having them ask questions too.

The roles you assign students can be straight from this week’s history chapter or people who your students create by your assigning them a class and trade of the period.

History SpeaksPrepare questions for our cast of characters before you visit Crossford. Students may interview Grace, Donal, Bingham, and Shakespeare at History Speaks, a formal Q&A hosted by Lord Marshall Laww. See Revels Schedule for details.

Students will also have the chance to ask any of our historical characters their burning questions as they encounter and interact with them on the streets of Crossford.


What have you done at YOUR crossroads?Throughout our day Grace O’Malley finds herself pulled between war and peace. If cruel-ty and oppression is the price of peace, is it worth the payment? If war and death are the price of freedom, is it worth the payment? Which would you choose for you family?

Have students think of a time when they were at a crossroads—when they found themselves in a situation like de’Medici and had to choose between two (maybe more) different actions. Have them write about the situation, what their choices were, which path/action they chose and the outcome. Have them speculate how the outcome may have been different if they took the other path, and reflect on what they learned from their crossroads.

Adapt this for younger students by asking them if they have ever been in a situation in which they wanted two different things but could only have one. Have them describe it, write a few sentences about it, or draw a picture of it. Ask what they chose and if they were they happy with their choice.

HeraldryBy the Renaissance, heraldry had gained clout as the “noble science of arms”. Its origins are Medieval, from the practical need to identify one’s friend and foe on the battlefield, and use of designs on shields to do so. Over time these designs grew to represent identity and nobility. Great meaning is in the selection of every color, shape, symbol and placement selected.

Have your students design their own coat of arms. It should include symbols and images that represent who they are, their background, their character, their strengths, and interests. Older students can be assigned to research the language of heraldry—the heraldic meanings of colors, division of the field, charges, and other symbols. They can even come up with a motto. Younger students may simply be instructed to draw images that represent themselves, such as a favorite color or pastime. As a community or team building exercise, design a coat of arms for your class or school together.


GLOSSARY

Speak like you are from the Renaissance!Here are a few of the words and phrases you may hear around Crossford...

Anon—soon, also a goodbye

Art—are

As you will—okay, whatever

Aye—yes

Bard—originally a professional

poet employed by a monarch or

nobleman, later used to describe

any writer; Shakespeare is known

as The Bard.

Ere—before

Fare Thee Well—goodbye

Good Morrow / Good Den—

hello, good day

Gramercy / Thank Thee—

thank you

Guild—an association of crafts-

men or merchants that controls

the quality of work and provides

training to apprentices

Hail and well met—Hello, nice

to see you

Hark—listen

Hast / Hath—has

Hither—here

How stands the hour?—

What time is it?

Mayhap—possibly

Nay—no

Nipper or Nipperkin—child

or children

Prithee / Pray—please Privy—

restroom

Thee / Thou—you

Thy / Thine—yours

Thither—there

Whence / Whither—where

How We Address One AnotherThere are strict social rules or etiquette to follow when talking to each other in the Renaissance, especially if you are lower class - and let’s face it, in the Renaissance most of us are middle or lower class.

King or Queen:“Your Majesty”

Duke or Duchess:“Your Grace”

Upper Class Men (such as a Noble or Knight):“My Lord” or “Good Sir”

Upper Class Women (such as a Lady of the Court):“My Lady” or “Good Madam”

Villagers:“Master” or “Mistress”

...and it is always appropriate to greet our festival hosts Duke and Duchess Percy with an enthusiastic,

“God save the Duke” or “God save the Duchess”


EDU-TAINMENT

New Jersey Renaissance Faire Education ProgramsThe New Jersey Renaissance Faire offers its own unique combination of entertainment and education—dubbed EDU-tainment—for students of all ages. Student groups visit the NJ Renaissance Faire, AND the NJ Renaissance Faire visits schools like yours!

School Days at the Faire are reserved exclusively for school and student groups as an extension of the annual festival which takes place the first two weekends of every June. Located at Liberty Lake in Columbus, NJ, the New Jersey Renaissance Faire, is a thrilling place for a field trip. Here lies the crossroads where fantasy meets reality. Revels abound and students learn firsthand what that hype in their history books is all about. The interactive experience of the Faire brings history, literature and arts curriculum to life for K-12 students.

Assembly Programs bring the revelries of the Renaissance to schools in 60- minute touring productions. Our company of players travels to schools throughout New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware October through April.

Student Matinees portray a mix of historical and fictitious characters while sharing stories straight from classic literature.

In-School Performances, Workshops and Residenciesdelivered by NJRF Teaching Artists and Performers are available YEAR-ROUND. Our Teaching Artists are trained professionals in acting, stage combat, improvisation and interactive theatre, with extensive experience in Shakespeare, history, literature, performing arts and more. They provide first-hand experiences, which bring history, literature and arts curriculum to life.

Contact Caroline Leipf at [email protected] to learn more about any of our education programs.


NOTES

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Special thanks to all the Teachers, Administrators, Parents and School Personnel who work passionately to

educate young people. The creativity and experiences you provide are the foundation from which they will become

future Renaissance men and women.

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