This fellow was Really good. He had an authentic uniform, portraying Washington as a general. He spoke exclusively about the Revolutionary War, the battles, dropping names we learned in our history classes. He was not a spellbinding speaker, but as he told us later when we helped him pack up, neither was his subject, so he figures he's a good fit for playing George Washington.
The prepared portrayal was about an hour with a Q & A for another half hour. And that's when you find out if they know their stuff. He knew. And he stayed in character. One lady just didn't get that and asked him about the Civil War. He looked puzzled, and then thought she must be meaning the English Civil War - he even mentioned something about Roundheads. She didn't get it.
After the Q&A he took questions as himself.
Everyone was very impressed.
this photo by my brother
I would have loved that. One thing about reading Chernow's Alexander Hamilton, I learned so much about many of the men of his day, and it would be so fun to meet one ;-)
ReplyDeleteI asked him about Hamilton. That he always seemed to believe in Hamilton, while many others couldn't stand him. He gave a good and fairly lengthy response.
DeleteI am so pleased the evening was a success! I really enjoy performances like that where the performer stays in character for the whole evening.
ReplyDeleteYes, my friend came up to him before it started and asked if she could take a photo. He kept referring to it as a "sketch", saying that she could take a sketch of him here, or there. I thought maybe I should dissuade her as he didn't "know" what a photograph was, and tried to tell her to approach him later (when I knew he'd come out of character), but he was gracious and didn't mind. He just was going to pretend it was a sketch.
DeleteHow clever and knowledgeable he must be to be able to describe something as Washington would have done!
ReplyDeleteYes, and a very pleasant fellow, too.
DeleteLaughing out loud about the Civil War question. Oh my! What an enjoyable time! And you got a picture with him!!
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