The George Eliot Collection is a group of zealous re-enactors.

 

Performances
The Great Exhibition

18th, 25th October and 1st November 2008

 

The George Eliot collection in Coventry City Centre and on the local transport network. The ensemble promote the new exhibition spaces at The Herbert and encourage members of the public to visit. They distribute calling cards with information about the new History Gallery and History Centre, but their love of George Eliot and Victorian fashion means there will be many digressions.

Preparation
1. Performers study the redevelopment of The Herbert and specifically the History Gallery (the content of its Middlemarch section on Victorian life) & the History Centre. They read Middlemarch to understand the local landscape and crowd.
1. They compose a biography (approx 250 words) combining George Eliot's biography (e.g. Rosemary Ashton), with their own biography (especially your unique selling point).
2. They learn a jig on a recorder or other wind instrument.

3. They prepare a 5 minute monologue based on a reading of a George Eliot short story or novel:

Fionn - Silas Marner
Sharon - Janet's Repentence
Steve - The unfortunate tale of Amos Barton
Rahil - Mr Gilfil's Love Story
Kathryn - Daniel Deronda

4. They are prepared to
(a) direct the other George's in a scene.
(b) take on one of the characters as a re-enactor re-enacting.
(c) learn country dancing

5. They purchase a tea cup
And find a means to carry it as well as the wind instrument, perfectly safely.

Questions to find an answer for (even if it is a lie):
How do we know each other ?
Who is George Eliot?


Useful links:
Image of George Eliot
The Herbert
George Eliot Fellowship