Character+Development+-+Shakespeare

**Who was the Lord Mayor of London at the time?** Sir Rowland Heyward and William Webbe
 * Age: ** 17
 * Name: ** Bridget Radclyffe
 * Sex: ** Female
 * Marital status: ** Married to Robert Radclyffe (5th Earl of Sussex)
 * Occupation: ** Housewife
 * Income: ** None. She doesn't make the money. =O
 * Where in London do you live? ** Sussex
 * How much education did you receive? ** Housewife 101 from her Mother and a private tutor for writing and arithmetic.
 * What were you taught? ** How to do house work, how to do math, and read/write.
 * What is your religion? ** Christianity
 * How has your religion affected your life in terms of how you are treated by people in power?** No, my life wasn't really affected by the person in power at the time because the Queen was a Christian herself.
 * What play do you go to see?** Henry VI Part I
 * How did you know it was playing? ** The posters around town and people around town talking about it.
 * What other Shakespeare plays might you have been able to see? ** Titus Andronicus, Henry VI Part 2, or Richard III are other plays that I might have been able to watch.
 * What play by Shakespeare was your favorite until now? ** This was one of his first plays, so none.
 * What actor in the company is your favorite actor? ** William Kempe for his amazing dancing skills.
 * How are you dressed when you attend the play? ** Big hoop skirts that are realy fitted to give the impression of a small waist. You would also wear white make-up with red cheeks and lips.
 * Describe some of the costumes the actors wear. ** They wore what people would normally wear on an every day basis.
 * You are planning to go to a ball (fancy dance party) after the play. How will you dress for that? ** Lavish and extravagant gowns with extremely tight corsets to emphasize a small waist with white make-up and red cheeks and lips.
 * What did you dine on before going to the theater? ** You'd eat some kind of meat, bread, a soup, and dessert.
 * When did you eat? ** Before going to the theater..?
 * What did you drink? ** Wine
 * How much did it cost? ** It would depend on what you ate.
 * How much did you pay for your ticket? ** 6 pence
 * Where did you sit? ** In the gallery.
 * A number of your friends chose to spend the afternoon seeing another kind of entertainment, What was it? ** A Fair (the Summer Fair)
 * Who was the most important person you recognized in the audience? ** Other dukes and duchesses.
 * Who ruled England at the time? ** Queen Elizabeth I
 * What was some gossip about the ruler? ** There was some gossip about her and her friend Robert Dudley, bu tit died down after a while because he got remarried.
 * What is the last book you read? ** The first part of The Faerie Queen by: Edmund Spencer