Reenactment Help!

[nirejseki.livejournal.com]

I'm doing a reenactment of some scenes from the French Revolution with my friends in a few weeks, and I was wondering - does anyone have an English translation of Camille Desmoulins' Aux Armes speech on July 12? The "jump on a table, pull out a pistol or two, and get everyone to wear green" speech; I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. ^^

Also, I'm looking for Saint-Just's "Report on the Dantonists" (again, in English - alas, I speak no French).

Anything else you can get me in English, I'd be grateful. Preferably by Robespierre, Desmoulins, Danton, Saint-Just, Marat, etc. All is welcome; presume we know nothing. ^_^

We have a pretty willing group, so if there's anything you'd like to see people in costume performing in front of a camera in Central Park or wherever it ends up being - please, either give me a link or email me at riderriddle@yahoo.com

(Also, if anyone knows a lot about costumes of specific people and can link me to something that has really good images, that would be very helpful! It's the little details, like "What did stockings look like" and "What type of shoes?" and "What do the sleeves look like again?" that really get you...and if you can answer any of those questions, that helps. ^^)

Thanks a lot!

Comments

[nirejseki.livejournal.com]

*nod* Thank you! *tilts head* Out of curiosity, I was always given to understand that Camille and Saint-Just, in particular, were more likely to be wearing trousers rather than culottes...which is useful because it's easier to find, and undoubtedly some people are going to end up very against-history without culottes anyway because it's easier. Presuming that we can give breeches to, say, two or three people, who must absolute have them most, do you think?

Thank you again!

[livviebway.livejournal.com]

I've seen engravings of Saint-Just rocking those fab, tight mid-calf breeches, but I don't know if I've ever seen any in full pants. I've never seen images of Camille in anything but pants.

But as you said, you gotta go with what you've got. The people who absolutely need breeches are Robespierre and Louis XVI, I would say.

[victoriavandal.livejournal.com]

Wigwise, if all else fails, you could always grease some unfortunate's hair and dust it with powder! I've never tried it and it sounds vile, but it might work. A good fancy dress hire shop should have a fairy tale prince wig that you could use, though.