UNICORN FORUM
12:00 Recorder & Voice by Amy Fass
12:30 Belly Dancing for Our Royalty
1:00 Jeff The Wandering Minstrel
1:30 Recorder & Voice by Amy Fass
2:00 The New York Revels sings for Royalty
2:30 Manhattan Tribal Bellydance: “Mimi” Fontana, Director
3:00 Crossbones McCoy: Pirate adventurer
3:30 The New York Revels - Cythia Shaw, music Director
4:00 Friar Nyp plays her Kemence
5:00 Friar Nyp & Marco fight for attention
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.