Dramatizing 17th Century Family History of Deacon Stephen Hart & Other Early New England Settlers: How to Write
Historical Plays, Skits, Biographies, Novels, Stories, or Monologues from Genealogy Records, Social Issues, & Current Events for All Ages , by Anne Hart Here’s how to write, edit, dramatize, package, promote, present, publish and launch personal histories, autobiographies, biographies, vignettes, and eulogies: launching the inspiration-driven or design-driven life story and detailing your purpose. The book is published by ASJA Press imprint, iUniverse, Inc., Feb. 2005, 228 pages, ISBN: 0-595-34345-7.
Here is a step-by-step guide to writing historical skits, plays, or monologues for all ages from true life stories, genealogy records, oral
history, DNA-driven anthropology, social issues, current events, and personal history of early colonial era settlers. Put direct experience in a small package and launch it worldwide. Genealogy journalism can be dramatized for plays, scripts, and novels. If you write a biography, it can be turned into drama, video, or print.
Deacon Stephen Hart who arrived in New England in 1631 had thousands of descendants, among them the late Princess Di (descendent of Stephen's daughter, Mary Hart who married John Lee in the 17th century, and the actor, Humphry Bogart, descended from Stephen's daughter, Sarah Hart. Deacon Stephen Hart also and had relatives descended from the deacon's daughters related to six US Presidents. You could emphasize the early New England 17th century settlers and their diaries of family life, food, clothing, marriage, spirituality, customs, or significant life events, migrations, work, lifestyle, or turning points. Interesting genealogies are adaptable to dramatizations of early New England life in the 1630s, such as Stephen Hart's service in the Pequot War of 1634, or his move from Cambridge (New Towne) to Farmington, CT in 1636.
Write your life story or your ancestor’s or favorite historical person in short vignettes of 1,500 to 1,800 words. Write a longer novel or a short play for school audiences. Write a children’s book with illustrations. Hart's male line is descended from Deacon Stephen Hart's grandson, John and great grandson, Isaac. The point is you can research any new England settler and dramatize that person's life as a play or skit for classrooms or drama groups. These large families had a fascinating social history that took place in the 1630s in early New England. Write a skit, a monologue, or a play based on genealogy, family history, or significant events. You can focus on relations between families, or early settlers and Native American tribes or on personal family history, marriages, and inter-family issues. Browse the book at the publisher’s Web site at http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-34345-7. Or view the entire genealogy research links and other information at the author’s 16th and 17th century to present Hart descendants genealogy Web site at: http://annehart.tripod.com/id12.html. Turn genealogy into plays or skits.
Learn genealogy journalism and how to adapt genealogy and/or oral and personal history into plays, skits, biographies, monologues, life stories, social history, news, or old court records of community service in 17th century New England or elsewhere into drama or novels. Learn how to dramatize social history and genealogy of individuals. Also see the course in personal history and other articles and excerpts at the author's site at: http://annehart.tripod.com. There are many possibilities and alternative routes in genealogy journalism for entertainment or research.