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Handout 2
Topic/Question sheets for Victorian London Research
Topic 1: Historical Information
What period does Victorian refer to
Who was the ruler of England in 1904 (at the time the play was written)
Were there cars during this period Electricity Indoor plumbing Radios
Televisions
What were typical jobs
How much did the average person earn in a month Year
What was the role of women
What was the cultural make-up of London
What was the population of London
Find/print off a map of London around that time.
Where is Bloomsbury
Find a photograph of a typical street/house in the centre of London.
What did people wear Find examples of outfits for a middle-class man, woman
and child and explain what each item of clothing is.
Topic 2: Vocabulary (give copy of opening description as well)
Find definitions for each of the following: wend, sausage shop, cards perched
over the doors, Thesaurus, Mr. Roget, adorned, day nursery, paste, coverlet,
pinched, linnet, fire-guard, mantelshelf, staid, hence.
Topic 3: Author Research
Who is J M Barrie
When was he born
What else did he write
Who are the Llewellyns
Topic 4: Theatre Research
Provide a brief description and history of the Duke of York’s Theatre up to 1905.
Where is it located
How many people did it seat
Who is Benjamin Pollock
Find/show an example of one of Pollock’s toy theatres.
Explain what they may/may not have had in terms of special effects in a theatre
during this time.
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