22. Hannah went on the stage at small local theatres in London to tell her story. Design an imaginary flyer advertising stage show. Hannah’s Think about the uniqueness of her story, what she did and how she looks. To begin with she appeared as a male soldier and just sang, but then later she also does a display of drill and firing the rifle. On Saturday 9th June 1750 she reveals her real identity. She successfully received a pension as an out pensioner from the Royal Chelsea Hospital. This meant that she received the money but did not have to live on site. Being a soldier had given Hannah clothes to wear, a wage, food and somewhere to sleep. In other words it took care of her basic human needs of being looked after and provided a certain amount of safety and security. On leaving the army she was probably concerned about money with no regular income and how she would live in the future. friends and relatives may have encouraged her to seek an army pension. Hannah’s To ask for financial compensation for the injuries that she had received over the last 5 years of military service, especially the wounds during fighting in armed combat. On the 27th June gives her exclusive story to Robert Walker who writes her biography. The first edition appears on the 3rd July. She appears on stage for the first time on the 29th June 1750. She performs at two theatres, the New Wells theatre in and the New Wells Spa in Goodman’s Fields Clerkenwell. She would be one act among many appearing that day. Shows would sometimes run for as long as 5 hours, starting at 5pm. Performances might include rope-dancing, acrobatics (tumbling, ladder dancing, surprising exploits on the slack rope), singing and dramatic recreations of popular historical events. She played for a season from the 29th June until the 6th September, doing about 60 shows in total. Writing frame for Flyer Title of Show (Short and catchy to attract an audience to come and see it) Image of Hannah
22. Hannah went on the stage at small local theatres in London to tell her story. Design an imaginary flyer advertising Hannah’s stage show. Think about the uniqueness of her story, what she did and how she looks. To begin with she appeared as a male soldier and just sang, but then later she also does a display of drill and firing the rifle. On Saturday 9th June 1750 she reveals her real identity. She successfully received a pension as an out pensioner from the Royal Chelsea Hospital. This meant that she received the money but did not have to live on site. Being a soldier had given Hannah clothes to wear, a wage, food and somewhere to sleep. In other words it took care of her basic human needs of being looked after and provided a certain amount of safety and security. On leaving the army she was probably concerned about money with no regular income and how she would live in the future. Hannah’s friends and relatives may have encouraged her to seek an army pension. To ask for financial compensation for the injuries that she had received over the last 5 years of military service, especially the wounds during fighting in armed combat. On the 27th June gives her exclusive story to Robert Walker who writes her biography. The first edition appears on the 3rd July. She appears on stage for the first time on the 29th June 1750. She performs at two theatres, the New Wells theatre in Goodman’s Fields and the New Wells Spa in Clerkenwell. She would be one act among many appearing that day. Shows would sometimes run for as long as 5 hours, starting at 5pm. Performances might include rope-dancing, acrobatics (tumbling, ladder dancing, surprising exploits on the slack rope), singing and dramatic recreations of popular historical events. She played for a season from the 29th June until the 6th September, doing about 60 shows in total. Writing frame for Flyer Title of Show (Short and catchy to attract an audience to come and see it) Image of Hannah
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