This show creates a musical journey through the last ten centuries featuring tales of what really happend to characters of the Bayeux Tapestry at night; 11 century Britain with the 'Domesday Crew'; Thomas a Becket in Canterbury Cathedral; King John and the Magna Carta; The Black Death rocking Europe; the elusive Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest; Geoffrey Chaucer researching his next book; Joan of Arc on trial for witchcraft; the six queens of Henry VIII; Guy Fawkes the not-so-successful espionage agent; Captain Cook's around the world voyages; the Industrial Revolution and Victorian Age; the evacuees of World War II; and the technological developments of the 20thCentury.Suitable for Key Stages 2 and 3.Suitable for non-specialist teachers.Includes a compendium of ideas for staging (including costumes props and casting) fundraising advertising and general behind-the-scenes duties.
