'Tudor Tales'
the Life and Adventures of
Matthew Starke, sailor
 Content Matthew Starke, Tudor sailor tells his tales of exploration and life at sea with Sir Francis Drake. Using props such as a giant portrait of Drake and a large scale Tudor world map he spins tales of high adventure, Spanish treachery, conquest, colonisation, and circumnavigation. Children will be drawn into a maritime world where the sailors were sick with scurvy and the biscuits crawling with maggots! The storytelling session is usually started with an introduction to Tudor costume with various digressions on why your tights might fall down, how to bow and what to use when bleaching linen....you really don't want to know. Format
Extension 'Tudor Tales' can be extended with a drama session using events from Drake's voyage around the world as inspiration. Feedback 'Steve was really good at acting....he made the Tudor times come alive.'(Pupil, Westwood-with-Ilford School, Wilts) 'Thank you for teaching us more about Francis Drake. It was amazing, I was totally hooked! I couldn't stop listening.' (Pupil, Brixham CEP School, Devon) |
