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In Praise of Folly: A Renaissance Fair

On Saturday, May 6, 2000, one hundred and thirty scholars presented In Praise of Folly: A Renaissance Fair to an audience of five hundred spectators. Students were in costume and in character as the Cambridge Quad was transformed into the Villiage of Cambridge.

Among The Events:

Madrigal Choir
Travelling Minstrels and Instrumentalists
Shakespearean Actors
Dunk the Monk and Drench the Wench
A Puppetry Performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Death by Shakespeare: 35 death scenes in 5 minutes or less
A Visual Arts Gallery
Juggling
Feed King Henry the Eighth
Bearbaiting
Knock the head off Mary Queen of Scotts
Fortune Telling with John Dee and
Queen Elizabeth herself!


Check out these pictures of the action, click on one to see it in full size.