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10/28/2010 __ A Day in London __ Matthew Haussmann

August 3rd, 1601, London, England

Today I decided to go and see a Shakespeare play that my father told me about, I believe that his apprentice told him about it. It was called Hamlet, and it is Shakespeare’s newest work. Before going, I had some wheat bread that my mother baked to eat. During the play, I bought some beef with the penny I had left over from the entry fee. The entry fee was also a penny. During the play I noticed that the main actor wore dark robes throughout most of the play, I also noticed that Lord Mayor John Garrard was watching the play along with me. When the play was over I had to get to a ball that was thrown in celebration of a marriage, but I had no time to change out of my dress that my father made me wear instead of my best clothes. He is able to force me to do things now, but when I am older than only twelve years I will be able to get an occupation and stop relying on my parents. My father has a steady income with his blacksmith’s shop and my mother works around the house, but our family is still only middle class in this town. Being protestant in this city does not improve our status, I am just glad that Queen Elizabeth the First has allowed us to do our practices.

-Thomas Gill.