Lady Isabel Seton, who challenges Robert Seton Jr to a living chess battle!
LANCE Orlando at Lady of the Lakes
This is LANCE Orlando's inaugural year performing at the Lady of the Lakes Renaissance Festival! We're excited to be on the chessboard and share the wonderful world of stage combat with festival goers!
You can read about the theme of the Festival and our plans for our show below!
You can read about the theme of the Festival and our plans for our show below!
GUNPOWDER TREASON AND PLOT
The year is 1606 and marks the first anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot during which Robert Catesby and Guy Fawkes came very close to succeeding in their plans to blow up the King and every member of Parliament!
Shaken and looking for a distraction the King and his Court have decided to make their way to the country, along with the Royal Guards, led by Captain Malcolm Wolfe. Greeting his Majesty are foreign Ambassadors with talks of Treaties and rumors of another Assassination Plot. Most unexpected and terrifying, is the arrival of the King’s cousin, Lady Arabella Stuart. Lady Arabella, considered the rightful successor to the throne by some, has made her own progress with designs on marriage to William Seymour, Duke of Somerset. Growing concerned that the marriage proposal is a prelude in an attempt to seize the Crown, the King will be challenged to stop the dangerous match before it puts his reign in jeopardy.
Shaken and looking for a distraction the King and his Court have decided to make their way to the country, along with the Royal Guards, led by Captain Malcolm Wolfe. Greeting his Majesty are foreign Ambassadors with talks of Treaties and rumors of another Assassination Plot. Most unexpected and terrifying, is the arrival of the King’s cousin, Lady Arabella Stuart. Lady Arabella, considered the rightful successor to the throne by some, has made her own progress with designs on marriage to William Seymour, Duke of Somerset. Growing concerned that the marriage proposal is a prelude in an attempt to seize the Crown, the King will be challenged to stop the dangerous match before it puts his reign in jeopardy.
Living Chess Battle
Robert Seton, a Scottish lord, was a close friend of James I/VI and was created Earl of Winton in 1600. When he died, his estates went to the eldest of his six children, Robert Seton Jr, an ill-advised entailment considering his eldest is quite mad. Now all of Robert's progeny, together again for the first time since their father's death, have joined the Court of James I/VI in the country on the first anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot. Lady Isabel Seton, the baby of the Seton children, has devised a plan to get Robert Jr to relinquish his title of Earl of Winton once and for all. Isabel will challenge Robert to a game of living chess, and the two will play for the Earldom and the entertainment of the king's Court.
Join us at the chessboard
LADY OF THE LAKES RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL
November 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th
Our Show Times:
Friday - 10:15am & 1:00pm
Sat / Sun 10:45am & 1:30pm
at the Chessboard
12835 County Landfill Rd. Tavares, FL 32778
November 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th
Our Show Times:
Friday - 10:15am & 1:00pm
Sat / Sun 10:45am & 1:30pm
at the Chessboard
12835 County Landfill Rd. Tavares, FL 32778
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