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We are proud to announce that we will once agaiin host and produce Charles Dickens’ Study at Tavistock House at The Great Dickens Christmas Fair in Daly City, CA.
Join Mr. Dickens as he welcomes holiday revelers into his home in Tavistock Square and hear him read his beloved A Christmas Carol. Also in attendance are some of his friends and colleagues as well as some characters from the pages of his novels.
Nicholas Hilliard (English, 1547–1691), Queen Elizabeth I (1533–1603) (detail), 1576–1578. Oil on panel, 32 1/16 x 24 1/8 x 3/16 in. (81.439 x 61.278 x 0.476 cm). Family of James Rothschild, on loan to Waddesdon Manor since 2017, 27.2017 ©️ The National Trust, Waddesdon Manor. Photo: Waddesdon Image Library, Mike Fear
The Guild of St. George, Inc. will appear at The Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco in support of a The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England. The “Lion’s Cub”, Queen Elizabeth I, the daughter of Great Harry, Henry VIII will be be present with her courtiers in the grand setting of the museum’s courtyard.
Saturday, July 1st and August 26th at 10:00AM and 1:00PM
While the majority of our performances concentrate on the world of the 16th century, from time to time we venture into other realms, such as Drama After Dark: A Night of the Macabre with Poe and Gorey at the Huntington Library in Southern California.
In the 2022 season of The Great Dickens Christmas Fair at the Cow Palace in Daly City, The Guild produced Charles Dickens Study at Tavistock House; an immersive environment where audience members may interact with members of Dickens’ family, his friends and colleagues, some creations from his books, and the famous author himself.
Mr. Dickens read his well-known novel “A Christmas Carol” in four parts to eager audiences each day, as well as other famous authors and public figures such as Edgar Allen Poe and Karl Marx.
From the producer, Renaissance Productions:
"After speaking with Camp Richardson and the USFS, it is with great sadness that we have come to the very difficult decision; Valhalla Renaissance Faire will not be held in 2020. This pandemic is unlike any disaster we've experienced. With no clear end to CV19 and continuous sweeping guidelines to avoid large (and now even small) gatherings, we just cannot hold out hope that something will change before June.”
We look forward to an end to this crisis and look forward to entertaining our public again as soon as it is safe to do so.
Due to public health concerns, The Huntington Library has announced that all special events for the near future are cancelled. This includes the Shakespeare Day at which St. George was to appear on April 4.
The Guild of St. George will be returning to the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens on Saturday April 4, 2020 in support of the Huntington’s Shakespeare Festival. Actors from a variety of organizations will present selected scenes throughout the garden and galleries, while the Guild of St. George and the Wessex Consort bring Elizabethan England to life in the Shakespeare Garden. Please come experience the guild in action on April 4, or if you wish to become part of our pageant, please contact us for information. We hope to see you then!
We are very pleased to report that the Guild of St. George will be returning to the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens on Saturday April 6, 2019 in support of the Huntington’s Shakespeare Day. Actors from a variety of organizations will present selected scenes throughout the garden and galleries, while the Guild of St. George and the Wessex Consort bring Elizabethan England to life in the Shakespeare Garden. Please come experience the guild in action on April 6, or if you wish to become part of our pageant, please contact us for audition and rehearsal information. We hope to see you then!
In April, 2016, the southern chapter of the Guild took over the Shakespeare Garden at the Huntington Library as part of the Huntington's annual Shakespeare Day. We arranged to have a videographer capture some of the action. This and other videos are also available on our youTube channel. Enjoy!
