Professional performers who present impersonations of actual historical persons and of fictional typical historical persons representing a specific Period for stage performances, educational presentations, and similar events. Also, groups and associations of historical impersonators.
Actor portrays various historical figures, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, Johann Sebastian Bach, Carr Van Anda, and Biblical characters from the Hebrew and Greek scriptures; biographical and contact information, performance schedule. www.jolaf.com/lindsey
New England-based organization of reenactors who portray political figures from Nineteenth and Twentieth Century America. Membership information, list of characters, events schedule, photos. www.gis.net/~mtf/solo.htm
Organization brings four centuries of memorable history to life for education and entertainment to audiences throughout Virginia, neighboring states, and outside of the U.S.A.; keynote speakers, role playing historical characters, period musicians, tour g lhaltd.com/index.html
Joyce Badgley Hunsaker portrays Sacagawea, Fanny (an ordinary pioneer woman), and other characters from the American West of the 19th century in costumed lectures and storytelling. www.fannyandfriends.com
Organization of professional reenactors bring history to life, Egyptian Pharaohs to Colonial Australia, for Australian educational programs and other public events. Program descriptions, contact information. www.livinghistory.com.au
Christopher Davis portrays Edward Alleyn, an English Renaissance gentleman and actor of Elizabethan Tragedy, and other roles for schools and general educational events. Biography, photos, contact information. www.renaissance-man.com
Professional living history team bring to life the times of the ordinary Tudor in the home, field, town and Manor House, for school programs and other public events. Contact information. www.historylive.u-net.com
Reenactor with full armor and horse portrays military life in the Age of Chivalry for educational and general events; photo gallery and contact information. www.knightforhire.com
Two-woman show. Demonstrations include Victorian tea parties, period fashion shows of bridal and maternity customs. Fees and contact information. www.texasvictorianlady.com
Costumed lectures on women's roles in five eras: Greek, Roman, Celtic, Elizabethan, and Victorian. Photographs, calendar, historical consulting. www.oz.net/~tamsalan/histmain.html
Carlo Tuzzio impersonates a medieval knight in full armor for school programs and other educational events; photos and contact information. www.netwurx.net/~aknt2rmbr
Roger Hellesvig portrays Ole Oleson, a Norwegian immigrant in Nineteenth Century Minnesota, for educational programs and living history reenactment events; photos, contact information. www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/7920
Maria Moreno portrays Dona Merced (1839-1907) who lived on a large rancho during the days when California was emerging as a state. Educational programs, contact information. www.californiaimpressions.com
Professional historical interpretation and stage combat. Characters ranging from mounted medieval knights to Napoleonic duelists. www.sword-dance.co.uk
Group interested in re-enactment of the history of the Royal Navy with a special interest in the Bluejackets, men of the lower deck, who despite being sailors were also adept at land actions during the Pax Britannica. www.bluejackets.co.uk
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