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The World of 1607 educational radio series was produced to coincide with a one-year special exhibition at Jamestown Settlement entitled The World of 1607, which places the founding of Jamestown in a global context and focuses on worldwide cultural developments during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The exhibition is divided into four distinct cycles, each displaying artifacts from national institutions and eminent private collections around the world. Each exhibit cycle features key themes that provide a historical overview of the events and peoples of the world during the 17th century, which are paralleled in the one-minute radio segments.
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The World of 1607 educational radio series was produced to coincide with a one-year special exhibition at Jamestown Settlement entitled The World of 1607, which places the founding of Jamestown in a global context and focuses on worldwide cultural developments during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The exhibition is divided into four distinct cycles, each displaying artifacts from national institutions and eminent private collections around the world. Each exhibit cycle features key themes that provide a historical overview of the events and peoples of the world during the 17th century, which are paralleled in the one-minute radio segments.
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All the World is a Stage
As three small ships sailed toward Jamestown, the world stage was set for drama.
I'm Steve Clark with "The World of 1607", Jamestown in a global context. Sponsored by Jamestown Settlement, a living history museum near Williamsburg, Virginia.
17th century England was in love with theatre; the "whole world a playhouse". For the first time in Europe since the collapse of Rome, there were lavishly decorated buildings specifically for theatrical presentations. Extravagantly costumed actors performed on bare stages. The play was the thing.
The drama of a shipwreck made it onto the London stage, literally and figuratively. The real-life wreck in Bermuda of the Virginia Company's flagship Sea Venture, on its way to resupply Jamestown in 1609 is believed to be the inspiration for William Shakespeare's 1611 play "The Tempest".
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Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Lady Hunsdon's Puffe | Desmond Dupree | Elizabethan & Jacobean Music. | Vanguard Classics | 1996 | 01:00 |
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