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----- Original Message ---- From: Liam ó Táilliúir <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Tue, 1 December, 2009 11:38:23 Subject: RE: [irish gaming] OT: Recreating 1890 I'll play a martian invader from HG Wells "War of the Worlds" > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:42:33 +0000 > Subject: [irish gaming] OT: Recreating 1890 > > This was sent to the SCA requesting their help with the project. It was > commented that it might be better suited to the top-hat and waistcoat > wearing gamer community, so I've passed it on. Ifyou're interested, contact > Estelle about it. > > I have no idea more than what's written here about what this is about, and > make no claims for what, if anything, this is really about. > > Oisín > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re-creating 1890 > Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:12:31 -0400 > From: Estelle Clements <[email protected] > > CC: <[email protected]> > > > > Good Afternoon, > My name is Estelle Clements, I'm the producer of last years Bram Stoker > Wedding which took place at St. Anns parish in Dublin (links about this > enclosed below). I'm currently liasing with Dublin City Libraries > regarding this years One City, One Book event which will be Oscar > Wildes' "The Picture of Dorian Gray". This year I will be launching not > only a piece of theatre, but a digital re-creation of 1890 using sites > like facebook, twitter and skype to allow the public to interact with > the world and people of 1890. I know that your focus is pre 17th > century, but I wondered if you might have members also interested in the > period of 1890 and the world of Oscar Wilde who would be interested in > volunteering as characters? I have provided some brief info below. > I am available via email, or on my mobile at 0858485825, as well as > my post grad office number at DIT- 01 402 7191. Any assistance you might > be able to render would be of greatly appreciated. > Thank you for your time. > Sincerely, > Estelle Clements. > > > > “There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that > is not being talked about.” > > > > So Oscar Wilde wrote, and who would know better? Wilde’s much > talked-about life provides an opportunity to involve the public in the > world of history, social networking and digital civics like never > before. It offers an opportunity to re-live the scandal and excitement > of his life and arrest in the 1890s while functioning as a valuable > instrument of civic education. > > > > Become part of the 1890s following the daily lives and digital > interactions of the glitterati through Facebook, Twitter and even in > real life when they take to the streets. Snag photo’s of the famous > personas walking through Dublin, tag them and yourself, watch the drama > unfolding as the famous post their lives online, or create a scandal > yourself when you post to their walls: > > Engage in a battle of wits with Oscar Wilde > > Gossip with Henry Irving > > Flirt with the beautiful Ellen Terry > > Investigate Sherlock’s next case with Arthur Conan Doyle > > > > > > > > Bram and Oscar Links > http://www.irishtimes.com/indepth/slideshows/stoker/ > http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2009/pc/pod-v-010409-14m36s-mooney.mp3 > http://www.dublinonecityonebook.ie/node/89 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > _________________________________________________________________ New Windows 7: Find the right PC for you. Learn more. http://windows.microsoft.com/shop [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
