12:00: Recorder & Voice by Amy Fassi
12:30: Les Cornamuse Royal
1:00: Ensemble Karpathos plays music of Spain, England & France
1:30: NateArt Productions presents Chaucer's "The Wife Of Bath"
AnnaBella Miradella as Wife of Bath B
Ludmilla Fudfilla as Wife of Bath A
Johan Von Bustaboff as Handsome Johnny & Old Husbands
2:00: The New York Revels – Cynthia Shaw, Music Director
2:30: Manhattan Tribal Bellydance: “Mimi” Fontana, Director
3:00: NateArt Productions Presents Chaucer's "The Wife Of Bath"
3:30: The New York Revels
4:00: Friar Nyp plays her Kemence
4:30: Marco The Magician
5:00: Friar Nyp & Marco fight for attention fo thee
Playwright
Playwrights were necessary for many reasons. Good ones
were difficult to find and those who enjoyed success at this trade were continually hired by kings and monarchs on a regular basis. As most people could not read or write during the Medieval Ages, it was important to act out history or crucial events in the form of a play.
This preserved history and gave the common people an understanding of how things were gained and achieved. The Playwright wrote his texts in the format of scripts and then hired Acrobats and Actors to fill the roles. Often these performances would take place in town squares or anywhere in which a public audience could assemble. Many Playwrights attempted controversial issues as the subject matter for their plays and were subsequently arrested, imprisoned or executed. The wise Playwright hovered around topics that were favorable by kings and law and enjoyed great success and high wages.
Though at the end of the Medieval Ages. William Shakespeare (born 1564) was the most popular Playwright of the time period.
