Blue Boar Tavern Tonight: Elizabethan Letter Writing
“Our letters, madam, show’d much more than jest.”
Love’s Labor’s Lost, V.ii
Letter writing (among the literate) was extensive in Elizabethan England. With no text, email, telephone, internet, television or radio, letters were the key to personal and government communication, news, gossip and commerce. While Will of Stratford left no letters, notes, plays, poems, or other text in his own handwriting, plenty of other people did. A world of information is revealed to delight scholars and amateur sleuths alike!
Join Bonner Cutting, Dorothea Dickerman, Alex McNeil, Phoebe Nir, and the Blue Boar Tavern’s ever-popular bartender, Jonathan Dixon, tonight, Monday, August 18, at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific, as they bring their favorite period letters to the Tavern. You never know what will be revealed hidden between the lines!
Share
Tweet
LinkedIn
Print
Membership dues cover only a fraction of our budget, including all our research, preservation and programming. Please support the SOF by making a gift today!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Blue Boar Tavern: Wassail Q&A
Tuesday Dec. 17, 8pm E / 5pm P
Sign up below for event invites!
SUBSCRIBE
