26 August 2013
While Whistling Son was at work, Great Husband and I spent our
Monday at Colonial Williamsburg. We never tire of it. I’ve probably written
that before. As a side benefit of donating to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, we get to
attend special events in the St. George Tucker house. (St. George is Mr.
Tucker’s rather unusual first name.) These events are small-group meetings with
famous people who were in Williamsburg during the Revolutionary period.
Monday’s famous person was the Marquis de Lafayette, as portrayed by Mark Schneider, and what a dynamo he is! Mark is an American whose mother is French, so he is fluent in the language and to us his English with a French accent certainly sounds authentic. Great Husband has also noticed that Mark uses excellent French mannerisms. For part of each program at the St. George Tucker house, the actor speaks in the historic time period only. After that, he or she exits the character and speaks as him or herself, answering any questions that the small audience wishes to ask. We always find that the audience is very knowledgeable and asks excellent questions, and the actors are amazing in their expertise on every particular about their characters. The actress who portrays Martha Washington could even tell us where Martha purchased the bourbon for her Christmas cake!
St. George Tucker House in Colonial Williamsburg |
Monday’s famous person was the Marquis de Lafayette, as portrayed by Mark Schneider, and what a dynamo he is! Mark is an American whose mother is French, so he is fluent in the language and to us his English with a French accent certainly sounds authentic. Great Husband has also noticed that Mark uses excellent French mannerisms. For part of each program at the St. George Tucker house, the actor speaks in the historic time period only. After that, he or she exits the character and speaks as him or herself, answering any questions that the small audience wishes to ask. We always find that the audience is very knowledgeable and asks excellent questions, and the actors are amazing in their expertise on every particular about their characters. The actress who portrays Martha Washington could even tell us where Martha purchased the bourbon for her Christmas cake!
The dynamic Marquis, as portrayed by the dynamic Mark Schneider |
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