The Many Faces of Living History

The year is 1574.
Queen Elizabeth (God Save the Queen) is on the throne. England is at peace and is prosperous. Once a year, the locals gather together, travelers come from afar and we gather to celebrate the Faire day our shire. The village citizenry are making especially merry because Queen Elizabeth, Herself (God Save the Queen!) is paying a visit to Bristol! Whirling you back in time are...

Guilds - Cast list

Guilde of St. Michael (aka the Military) - cast list

England did not have a standing army at that time, and relied on the strength of the "'Trayned Bandes", who acted as a sort of National Guard.

Guilde of St. George (aka The Court of Queen Elizabeth) - cast list

An enormous entourage of the English court accompany her during the Queens' annual summer Progress all to keep her (and you) amused.

Guilde of St. Lawrence - cast list

Fine keepers of the Dirty Duck Inn, these folk are focused on historical cookery over an open fire.

Cast...

Cast of The Guilde of St. Michael

Richard Kakouris and Captain Sir Thomas Chester / Guildemaster
Chris Last as Leftenant William Gage / Assistant Guildemaster
Mathew Hansen as Sergeant Phillip Cooper, Michael Hesek as Corporal Thomas Chase, John Balke as Farnsworth Smythe, Chris Budnick as Nathaniel Harker, Jim Burns as John Flint, Kyle Cook as William Chandler, Ed Dawson as Edward Montford, Thomas Frank Jr as Lawrence Plunkett, Robert Fritz as Robert Bartholomew, Zak Galaboff as Johnathan Courier, Fred Henry as Archibald Leech, Cody Michael Kakouris as Michael Smith, Jehoshua Knapp as Joshua Fletcher, Johnathan Koller as Alan Bentwyn, Rick Papendrea as Richard Chartruese, John Papendrea as Lucas Chartruese, Matthew Pollock as Josiah Nooell, Dan Rosen as Nicholas Taylor, Aaron Schnatterly as Andrew Blount, Jeff Shoemaker as Gregory Snow, Johnathan Tuttle as Charles Lamb, Jo Chalhoub as Alyce Grimm, Elizabeth Dawson as Merry Tangleskein, Shelly Kakouris as Katie Olyver, Heather Winterling Last as Ari Gage, Shan-an Northop as Anne Blount, Stacey Reigel as Isabelle Hacker, Michele Zuver as Tabitha Fletcher, Evan Cook as Evan Chandler, Ryan Cook as Ryan Chandler, Avery Kakouris as Avery Smith, Sean Last as Young Master Sean Gage, Norelle Last as Young Mistress Norelle Gage

Cast of the Guilde of St. Lawrence (aka the Ducklings)

Steven Schmitt - Guildemaster / Master Peter Cabot
Mike Nickerson - Assistant Guilde Master / Charles Fletcher
Mallory Davidson as Mairghread Ferguson; Monica DeLaCruz as Lettice Grene; Patrick Downs as Gregory Cheddar; Andrea Ewing-Ostergaard as Mairi; Alaina Ewing-Ostergaard as Aileana; Francie Flanagan as Mary Ellen Winthrop; Kerri-Ellen Kelly as Margrett Norwoode; Christine Lukawski as Helene Fletcher Morrison; James MacShane as Aidan Thatcher; Lizzy Muetz as Grace Brunswick; John Muetz as Thomas Twiddle; Laura Muetz as Beatrice Greenwood; Emily Nee as Emma; Adriana Nee as Audrey; Heather Rach as Emileanne Turner; Rebecca Schmitt as Agness Cabot; Timothy Schmitt as Timothy Cabot; Elizabeth Willer as Isabel Archer

Cast of The Guilde of St. George (aka The Court of Queen Elizabeth)

Brian McArthur as Sir Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby / Guildemaster
Julie Perkins as Lady Frances Seymour, Countess of Hertford / Assistant Guildemistress
Mary Kababik as Queen Elizabeth Tudor
Rick Barrett as Sir Edward Manners, Earl of Rutland; Frank Skony as Sir William Bouchier, Earl of Bath; Paul Schiller as Sir Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford; Karen Bergquist as Lady Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsberry; Laurie McArthur as Lady Margaret Stanley, Countess of Derby / Ladies Captain; Stephanie Noigebauer as Lady Margaret Clifford, Countess of Cumberland; Denise Prohaska as Lady Elizabeth Bouchier, Countess of Bath; Judy Rubenstein as Lady Margaret Stewart, Dowager Countess of Lennox; Mary Hough as Lady Anne Seymour, Dowager Countess of Warwick; Jerry Shinn as Sir Anthony Browne, Viscount Montague; Efrain Alaya as Bertrand de la Mothe la Fenelon, Viscompte de St. Julien, French Ambassador; Darren Fields as Sir Gilbert Talbot, Lord Talbot; Aaron Bennett as Sir Ferdinando Stanley, Lord Strange / Performance Director; Pam Fields as Mary Cavendish, Lady Talbot; Michelle Fanta as Lady Alice Stanley, Lady Strange; Cassie McArthur as Lady Ursula Stanley, Maid of Honor; Teri Christianson as Lady Mary Seymour; Patrick Bailey as Sir Peregrine Bertie, Baron Willoughby d'Eresby; Eric Galla as Sir Cuthburt Ogle, Baron Ogle; Christopher Maka as Sir Thomas Sandys, Baron Sandys; Robert Horne as Sir Charles Howard, Baron Howard of Effingham / Mens Captain; Don Dawson as Sir Edward Stafford, Baron Stafford; Drew Foerster as Sir Giles Brydges, Baron Chandos of Sudley; Steve Smith as Sir Henry Carey, Baron Hunsdon; Andy Howard as Sir William Cecil, Baron Burghley; Keith Lambert as Sir Henry Norryes, Baron Norryes / Host Noble / Stage Manager; Kiffen Nielson as Lady Frances Brooke, Baroness Cobham; Cathy Smoot as Lady Elizabeth Parker, Baroness Morley; Jodi Steele as Lady Anne Stourton, Baroness Stourton; Corinne Nash as Lady Mary Sutton, Baroness Dudley; Niki Galla as Lady Catherine Ogle, Baroness Ogle; Molly Maka as Lady Catherine Sandys, Baroness Sandys; Robin Kullick as Anne Fiennes, Baroness Dacre of the South; Christiellen White as Lady Catherine Paget-Carey, Baroness Paget; Sheila Horne as Lady Catherine Howard, Baroness Howard of Effingham; Gail Smith as Lady Anne Carey, Baroness Hunsdon; Lois Salmonson as Lady Midred Cecil, Baroness Burghley; Jennifer Schwartz as Lady Marjorie Norreys, Baroness Norris / Host Noble; Jessica Moehr as Lady Frances Howard; Jim Estrella as Don Bernadino de Mendoza, Spanish Ambassador; Heather White as Lady Anne West; Siobhan Murphy as Lady Elizabeth Brooke; Stephanie McArthur as Lady Mary Parker, Maid of Honor; Brenda Smoot as Lady Alice Parker, Maid of Honor; Demetra Danelski as Lady Frances Howard, Maid of Honor; Kimberly McArthur as Lady Catherine Brydges, Maid of Honor; Sophie Foerster as Lady Elizabeth Brydges, Maid of Honor; Kat Browne as Lady Anne Cecil, Maid of Honor; Jim Farris as Sir Christopher Hatton / Guildemaster Emeritus; Jeffery Gibson as Sir Henry Lee; Jay Puliatchk as Sir Walter Mildmay; Dale Gaus as Sir John North; Bill Lytge as Sir Henry Sidney; Andy Kaufman as Sir John Perrot; Timothy Bailey as Sir Nicholas Bacon; Patrick Braden as Sir John Fortesque; Matt McMillin as Sir Phillip Sidney; William Cidell as Sir William Wynter; Christopher Honea as Capt. Sir Francis Vere; Maribeth Townsend as Lady Dorothy Stafford; Susan Shinn as Lady Winifred Sackville; Charlette Bailey as Lady Anne Bacon; Becky Dutton as Lady Mary Wynter; Katie Stauffer as Lady Elizabeth Drury; Jo Simmons as Lady Mary Grenville; Jacqueline Dethloff as Lady Cecelia Leighton; Katie Pitzl as Lady Margaret Denny; Michele Honea as Lady Elizabeth Vere; Katherine Finegan as Lady Isabella Harrington; Brittney Felix as Mistress Catherine Knollys; Richard Pankow as Dr. John Dee, Queens Astrologer; Joe Fieger as Dr. Rodrigo Lopez, Queens Physician; Chris Styker as Master Francis Walsingham; Anne Weis as Mistress Blanche Parry; Kathryn Jones as Mistress Thomasina du Paris; Siobhan Greene as Mistress Levina Teerlinc; Alice Fieger as Mistress Sara Lopez; Rich Jacobs as Sergeant Major Cornelius Van Dunne; Greg Hilgendorf as Yeoman Roland Vaughn; Joe Schwab as Yeoman; Cal Boggess as Yeoman Jeremy Hoff; Kevin Green as Yeoman; Christopher Bellanger as Yeoman Edward Shelley; Irissa Dalenski as Mistress Margaret Dakins; Rachael Pankow as Mistress Catherine Dee; Elizabeht Braak as Mistress Rose Hume; Devin Orzech as Mistress Anne Mary Blackmore; Andrew Salmonson as Master Anthony Wells; Betsy Clemens as Mistress Elizabeth Calfhill; T.J. Ilecki as Master Nicholas Thorneborow; Lynn Borge as Mistress Cordelia Kempte; Danielle Aeschbacher as Mistress Maud Tesdale; Eric Wolters as Master Thomas Babington, Head Steward / Household Captain; Brian Dykstra as Master James Stockbridge, Valet to Lord Norryes; Sandra Howard as Mistress Gertrude Bridgewater, Mistress of the Bedchamber; Lauren Milbrandt as Mistress Lucinda Tuttle, Mistress of the Privy Chamber; Rachel Schmeling as Mistress Alice Spicer, Head Cook; Emily Gingold as Mistress Margaret Rowe, Mistress of the Stillroom; Sean Borke as Master Simon Drapier, Brewer; Morgan Orzech as Mistress Mary Anne Blackmore, Mistress of the Poultry