tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post5808462458117773572..comments2023-08-01T01:15:40.086-07:00Comments on Northwest History: Wrong Tea PartyLarry Cebulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16798046652983001155noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-24628354234796604112011-01-29T05:23:46.053-08:002011-01-29T05:23:46.053-08:00Just referenced your piece here:
http://katrinagul...Just referenced your piece here:<br />http://katrinagulliver.posterous.com/a-true-account-of-a-visit-to-williamsburg-in<br /><br />I visited Williamsburg about 10 days ago, and it was awesome.Katrinahttp://www.katrinagulliver.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-43347382997665599952011-01-27T05:30:47.488-08:002011-01-27T05:30:47.488-08:00Have the folks in Williamsburg considered staging ...Have the folks in Williamsburg considered staging a production of The Devil's Disciple? The movie version featured Sir Laurence Olivier in a leading role as "Gentleman Johnny" Burgoyne, opposite Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster. General Burgoyne was captured at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777.<br /><br />Sarah Palin's illustrious Founding Father ancestor, Major General William Heath, distinguished himself at Lexington and Concord, according to Wikipedia, but in Washington's view, Saratoga taxed the limits of his military capabilities. <br /><br />As the war progressed into Virginia and the Carolinas, General Heath played host to a prisoner, Lord Burgoyne, and his retinue, the nearly six thousand men captured with him at Saratoga. Heath's houseguest was an accomplished playwright, but too much the dandy to be all that effective militarily. He is, however, credited with inventing the light cavalry, an innovation that apparently suited his taste in wardrobe. <br /><br />Burgoyne's collaboration with David Garrick and Richard Sheridan, The Camp, a satire of Britain's 18th century counterpart to Homeland Security, opened at Drury Lane in 1778 while its co-author was still technically under house arrest in New Hampshire. It was the year's most popular musical, the hit of the season, outdrawing the School For Scandal. The play did well until Polly, John Gay's long awaited sequel to the Beggar's Opera, finally hit the stage.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05061304265345986242noreply@blogger.com