Elizabethan Feast
Specific Duties
I LORDS AND LADIES OF MISRULE
 Write and give opening toast and closing remarks (no more than one minute for each).
 Organize the sequence of events for the afternoon: when meals are served, when scenes are
performed, when musicians entertain.
 Greet and escort guests to table.
 Determine the order of the scenes and introduce each one.
 Create a programme for the wall outlining the schedule.
Costumes: reflect noble status
II DECORATORS
 Research Elizabethan architecture and interior design.
 Simulate an Elizabethan Inn by creating an atmosphere with paints, props, cloth, banners, etc.
 Set up and dismantle sets.
Costumes: any level of society
III SERVERS / KITCHEN PEASANTS
 Research Elizabethan food.
 Plan menu and prepare food (appetizer(s), main course, dessert, beverage).
 Create a placemat to be photocopied.
 Arrange and set tables.
 Bring plates, utensils, glasses (may be plastic).
 Serve food throughout feast and refill glasses.
Costumes: peasant / lower class
IV ACTORS
 Research the background to your scene.
 Practice scene.
 Attempt to memorize lines or be very familiar with them.
 Bring props.
Costumes: relevant to your character and scene
V MERRY MINSTRELS AND FOOLS
(musical and comedic entertainment)
 Research Elizabethan Music.
 Provide entertainment as guests arrive.
 Entertain guests with one pre-recorded musical performance and one live performance of comedy
(riddles, jokes), music, or dance.
Costumes: relevant to character
Elizabethan Feast
Ye Entertainment: Favourite Scenes
1. A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Pyramus, Thisbe and the Wall
2. Romeo and Juliet: The Balcony Scene
3. Othello: The Death of Desdemona
4. Macbeth: The Porter Scene and the discovery of Duncan’s murder
5. As you like it: Orlando’s wooing of Ganymede (Rosalind)
6. Richard III: the Seduction Scene
7. The Taming of the Shrew: The Battle of the Sexes
8. Twelfth Night: Malvolio’s attempt to seduce Olivia
9. Any other highly entertaining scene!
Elizabethan Feast
1
Lords/Ladies
2
3
Opening and closing
Opening and closing
Organized and well-lead.
Highly organized; strong hosting abilities and
inappropriately or
inappropriate or
task. Programme is
accurate and visually
and opening/closing remarks articulately and even
done
of knowledge is
evident.
remarks are
boring. Research is
not evident.
remarks and suit the
accurate. You are
partially attired in
costume resembling that
of your era and social
class. Some research has
What
decorations—
looks like we’re in
Blah. Or inaccurate to
time period.
a classroom.
Programme is neat and
appealing. Opening and
closing remarks are wellacted and appropriate.
Costume is appropriate to
era. Research of era and
great enthusiasm. Costume is detailed and
vibrantly coloured. Knowledge of era and scenes is
strong.
social class is evident..
You’ve done some
Feels Elizabethan and
This room is STUNNING and walls are adequately
decoration is a bit
be discernible as an Inn or
atmosphere. Research is evident. Set-up and take-
research but your
boring. Mild
disorganization is
research is evident. May not
pub.
covered. The colours and materials add to the
down are seamless and not distracting. We can tell
this is an Inn by your banner!
Not enough food; food
Not enough food; menu
Food is plentiful, tasty, and
Food and appearance of food has been researched.
ketchup please. I
this era. Service is
rounded or balanced.
adequate.
well-rounded—not all sweet or all chicken dishes.
starving. Pass the
ate K.D.
is not actually from
lacking. Oops…what
do we eat with—our
may not be well-
Placemat is boring.
visually appealing. Service is
Meals are tasty and visually appealing. Menu is
Everyone has a dish/glass/utensil,, placemats are
visually appealing and with design appropriate to
hands?
era. Amounts are appropriate and service is
excellent. We actually want to tip you!
Hey, you made
Monotonous, read
Boring, but accurate.
Entertaining; basic
Highly entertaining, scene is performed
an attempt, at
off the page. Some
Props and costumes
understanding of plot
accurately and with acting, tons of props and
costume, prop.
Unorganized,
your understanding of
and props help to
understanding of the content and emotions of
You made a
Music from internet
Music prerecorded.
Music is played OR fools
Music (from Ren.) performed; pre-recorded
costume.
throughout. May
with modern jokes.
riddles. Costumes
between with organized and entertaining
least. No
Incomplete.
Minstrels
poetically spoken with appropriate volume and
Yuck. I’m
don’t think they
Actors
leadership shown. Programme is visually stunning
been done.
apparent.
Servers
5
Parts not done,
incorrectly. Lack
Decorators
4
joke. No
acting attempted.
inaccurate
is played
have costume.
fail to help you show
the words you speak.
Fools try to entertain
Some costume pieces
present.
events shown. Costumes
entertain.
entertain with jokes and
appropriate.
detailed costumes that show a strong
characters. Memorized. Oscar-nominated.
selection played. Fools may “kill time” in
jokes and riddles from the Renaissance.
Costumes entertain.
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