My husband and I just returned from a 4-day stay in CW. We attended Courage or Cowardice at the Capitol one evening. It was the best evening performance we have ever attended there...and we have seen most of them. It would not be suitable for young kids (under 12, I would say) because it might be hard for them to follow the theme of the performance: a Virginia militia officer has the chance to prove that he proceeded with courage in his actions that have brought him before the court. The audience must decide whether or not to hold him for court martial. It was a great interactive program.
A second presentation we liked was the one at the Peyton Randolph House. As we waited outside the house for the tour to begin, we were each given a card with a name on it. Each card represented one person who lived at the Randolph House, either white or black. The costumed interpreter then told us the story of the people represented on the cards and how they interacted with each other in the house and in the community.
New Programs in WilliamsburgRQT,
Thank you for the information! We may decide to switch some of our evening programming to take in Courage and Cowardice.
Can you recall the name of the Raldolph program?
New Programs in WilliamsburgI%26#39;m going to check those out, also, thanks RQT.
The presentation at the Randolph house reminded me of when I was at Mount Vernon, in 1999, it was the 200th anniversary of G. Washington%26#39;s death, and when our tour group were at the tomb of George and Martha, some of us had cards to read of what some people recited at his funeral. I was proud to be Dolly Madison.
The Peyton Randolph program doesn%26#39;t really have a name -- it is part of a visitor%26#39;s ticket/pass admission. In other words, the ticket that admits guests to all CW buildings includes the Randolph House, and the interactive experience is part of the tour through the Randolph House on Nicholson STreet.
Bixdoc answered the question, Readaloud. The presentation at the Randolph House took about 45 minutes so that might help plan your time for other activities near the Palace such as the George Wythe (rhymes with Smith) House.
I just wanted to thank you again RQT for your review of Courage or Cowardice. Based on your experience we tweaked our evening program schedule and included that for our first night at CW. The reason I decided to have all of us see Courage and Cowardice is because my husband and I don%26#39;t want to miss it. If the five year old is bored, he will be ';ok';.
The other change we made was to drop Cry Witch off the schedule for the older boys and Grand Medley for ourselves and younger boys and instead we added Revolutionary Points of view--right before our Lanthorn and Ghost tours. (Parents and two younger kids going to the Lanthorn--older boys the Ghost)
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