Re: The Globe Burns... 1613

[Kolin Hodgson]

I suppose it all depends on what part of your breeches must be set afire!

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Timothy S. Klusczinski <tsk...@gmail.com> wrote:

Well, well, well...  From Google.com, This Day in History...  proof positive documenting yet another case of beer's life-saving potential.  See: http://encyclopedia.tfd.com/Globe+Theatre  The Globe Theater was owned partly by William Shakespeare.  Here's where performance art "improv" meets culinary art (aka the advent of foam, flame-control technology).

 

From the article, "On June 29, 1613, the Globe Theatre went up in flames during a performance of Henry the Eighth. A theatrical cannon, set off during the performance, misfired, igniting the wooden beams and thatching. According to one of the few surviving documents of the event, no one was hurt except a man who put out his burning breeches with a bottle of ale.^["

 

It might be fun to reenact this at Fiddler's (next year).  Will need some time to learn the lines and arrange for the firefighters training exercise ;-)

 

Tim

 

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