Oops! Yes I meant 12th nght. Oh 2 weeks till 1 of my cataracts is remoOved ! I am anxious to once aain enjoy picking out colors, reding for pleasure and picking out details in paintings! Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
-----Original Message----- From: Emily Gilbert <emchantm...@gmail.com> Sender: h-costume-boun...@indra.com Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 21:09:35 To: Historical Costume<h-cost...@indra.com> Reply-To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Cross dressing documentation - pre 1600 I think you mean Twelfth Night, not The Tempest. As You Like It has the woman-dressing-as-a-boy thing too. Emily On 10/6/2013 8:13 PM, hippy_dippy_dan...@yahoo.com wrote: > There are several late periOd ilustrtions of ottoman"entertainers" performing > dressed as women nd of course no womam played the womens roles in Shakespears > plays though the tempest does feature a woman dressing as a boy to protect > herself an find work. There is plenty of proof of crossdressing in period > Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elizabeth Jones <elizabethrjones2...@gmail.com> > Sender: h-costume-boun...@indra.com > Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 12:06:21 > To: Historical Costume<h-cost...@indra.com> > Reply-To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> > Subject: [h-cost] Cross dressing documentation - pre 1600 > > Does anyone have SCA period (i.e. medieval to 1600) images or > documentation referring to cross dressing. I am in the early stages of > trying to organise a Bob and Kate feast around this time next year > (for those unfamiliar with the concept the name comes from the episode > of Blackadder II episode 'bells' in which a young woman named Kate > disguises herself as a boy called Bob to become Blackadder's > manservant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bells_%28Blackadder%29 so > obviously it's about cross dressing). It has to be in October as it's > supposed to be a fundraiser for the Ovarian Cancer foundation's > 'Frocktober' campaign (www.frocktober.org). A year's lead time means I > hopefully have enough time to get people OK with, or maybe even > excited about, the idea of cross dressing my two basic strategies are > telling people that it's for a good cause and showing them that it's > period (at least in certain circumstances). The 'it's period' part is > where I need the help of you lovely people to dig out all of those > obscure sources you have tucked away. > > Thanks for your help in advance, > Elizabeth > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
