Intro+to+Shakespeare

1. Age 21 2. Name Isabell Andrews 3. Sex Female 4. Marital status Married 5. Occupation (if any) Wife. Husband is Lord Chamberlain. 6. Income None. Husband gets 2000 pounds a year. 7. Where in London do you live? 8. How much education did you receive? Lots. I was tutored from I was 4-15. 9. What were you taught? I learned Latin, Literature, Etiquette, Music, and History. 10. What is your religion? Roman Catholic. 11. How has your religion affected your life in terms of how you are treated by people in power? 12. What play do you go to see? Julius Caesar. 13. How did you know it was playing? A flying flag with Hercules carrying a globe on his shoulders showed that the theater would be playing Julius Caesar. 14. What other Shakespeare plays might you have been able to see? Henry V and Much Ado About Nothing. 15. What play by Shakespeare was your favorite until now? Midsummer Night's Dream. 16. What actor in the company is your favorite actor? John Heminges. 17. How are you dressed when you attend the play? A long, deep red dress and hair up in an elaborate bun. 18. Describe some of the costumes the actors wear. Fancy, elegent, upper class. 19. You are planning to go to a ball (fancy dance party) after the play. How will you dress for that? The same as the play. 20. What did you dine on before going to the theater? Ginger quail with apples, bread, butter, and wine. 21. When did you eat? Ginger quail, apples, bread and butter. 22. What did you drink? Wine. 23. How much did it cost? 3 pence and a farthing. 24. How much did you pay for your ticket? 5 pence. 25. Where did you sit? In the 'Lord's Rooms.' 26. A number of your friends chose to spend the afternoon seeing another kind of entertainment, What was it? They went to go listen to a new group of traveling musicians. 27. Who was the most important person you recognized in the audience? The Queen. 28. Who ruled England at the time? Queen Elizabeth. 29. What was some gossip about the ruler? That she wasn't marrying and had no heir and was getting old. 30. Who was the Lord Mayor of London at the time? Nicholas Mosley. 31. What is the last book you read? Homer's Iliad.

__Journal Entry__ September 17, 1599 What a day today was. I felt as if I was being pushed and pulled in every direction. Thomas and I were invited to breakfast at my father's house seeing as it was his birthday. Father would not stop talking about how now would be the perfect time to have children. I tried to turn the subject to something more small talk for he could get into heated discussions quickly. My attempts failed until I reminded him that mother did not have me and William until she was almost in her thirty and fifth year. He did make some comment about that being the reason she died soon after but I ignored it. Our carriage nearly ran over some drunk beggar. I felt bad for the man even though he probably brought about him self. Thomas noticed my pity. He said that we have to keep a good image if he wants to stay as a Lord Chamberlain. It frustrates me that I always have to keep this perfect image. Father always says be grateful that you came from a good family so you could be married into another good one. The only thing good about Thomas' family their money and of course Thomas. I am grateful for him. Poor Mary had to be married to that horrible old Henry Goodluck whose family is almost as wealthy as the queen but has the manners of a pig. Thomas and I had a small lunch before the play we would see for Father's birthday. Thomas had been oddly silent up until now. When he finally spoke, he brought up the subject that my Father brought up. After deciding to act calmly, I merely stated that he shouldn't be persuaded by my Father. It more my decision than anyone else's. He seemed relieved and went back to being his merry self. For the play, my brother bought me a deep red velvet dress. He said it was the latest fashion. It was more like the newest way to suffocate women. The corset was so small that it took two of the maids to tie it up. I'm sure it was a way of my brother teasing me. He might as well have written a note saying //To make my skinny sister feel fat.// In the end it did look nice even though I could barely breathe. I found the play wonderful. Definetly better than Midsummer Night's Dream. The character Antony was my favorite by far. All the parts were brilliantly played and the costumes were extravagant. I quite enjoyed it. Unfortunately, I ran into Leonard Hale. It was quite an unpleasant conversation. He has always been fond to and got quite upset when not only I, but my Father, turned down his proposal. He reminds me much of a donkey and is an appalling idiot. I pity the woman who is forced to marry him. Luckily Thomas saved me by saying we had to be early to Father's party. We took the long way to Father's home for there was no way I was going to show up early and let Father pester me more. I did not dance much, but rather avoided certain people. Thanks to Mary, I managed to escape Leonard again as well as his mother who is just as bad, if not worse. I spent much time with Father and Thomas and we had a grand feast. My dress felt as though it would burst at the seams. So many things were laid upon the table that there was no possible way to name the all. I barely made it throught the fourth course. By the last course I just pecked at my food. The party went past the late hours of the night into the next day. I hope that Father's parties won't get any grander. He is already sixty-five. Luckily I have nothing to do tomorrow, or rather today. I shall sleep in no matter how the maids pester me.