“Twelfth Night at Historic Kenmore” 2019 [Photos]

by gwffoundation | Jan 18, 2019 | Historic Kenmore, Holiday History, Lives & Legacies

Each January, Historic Kenmore presents Twelfth Night at Kenmore, a dramatic theater presentation that imagines the first Christmas that Fielding and Betty Washington Lewis spent in their newly built home. The play is set in January 1776 and that year is not a time...

Coming Soon! “Twelfth Night at Kenmore” [Photos]

by gwffoundation | Jan 2, 2019 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies, Theater and Theater History

On Friday, January 11, Saturday, January 12, and Sunday, January 13, Historic Kenmore will again present Twelfth Night at Kenmore, a dramatic theater presentation set in 1776. This production depicts the first Christmas that Fielding and Betty Washington Lewis...

The Lying Valet [Photos]

by gwffoundation | Oct 24, 2018 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies, Theater and Theater History

This past weekend at Historic Kenmore, the Fredericksburg Theatrical Society presented three performances of the 18th century play The Lying Valet at Historic Kenmore.  Here are some photos of the play. Check kenmore.org/events for event listings of future theater...

Coming Soon! “The Lying Valet” at Historic Kenmore

by gwffoundation | Oct 17, 2018 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies, Theater and Theater History

This weekend at Historic Kenmore, The George Washington Foundation will present three performances of The Lying Valet performed by the Fredericksburg Theatrical Society. First performed in London in 1741, The Lying Valet was written by David Garrick.  “If there...

The Thriving Theatre of Colonial America

by gwffoundation | Jun 6, 2018 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies, Theater and Theater History

Theatre is one of America’s most popular and thriving art forms. It has been a part of American culture since the early part of the 18th century. The development of theatre in the earliest American colonies in New England was prohibited because of those colonists’...