A dramatization of \u2018A Gambrel Roof\u2019, a poem by Lucy Larcom.<\/p>\n
A creative multi-disciplinary theatrical presentation of a circa 1875 local poem about the historic Danvers Jeremiah Page House. Period music, an art installation, historic tea blends, and signature cakes add to the illustration of the story:<\/p>\n
In about 1770, when the British monarchy started taxing tea in the colonies, Jeremiah told Sarah that \u201cno tea shall be drunk in this house\u201d.\u00a0 However, while her husband was away one day, Sarah and two friends secretly had their tea\u00a0ON<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0the roof of the house.\u00a0 In Sarah\u2019s words, \u201cUpon<\/em>\u00a0a house is not\u00a0within<\/em> it\u201d, so she was still obeying her husband\u2019s wishes.\u00a0 This story was told to Anne L. Page, Jeremiah\u2019s granddaughter, by a family friend many years later. Anne then told it to her friend Lucy Larcom, the famous Beverly poet.\u00a0 Lucy romanticized the story in the poem \u201cA Gambrel Roof,\u201d written as the 100th<\/sup>\u00a0birthday of our nation approached and published in the\u00a0Atlantic Monthly<\/em>.<\/p>\n There will be a Q&A session after the production, moderated by historian Dan Gagnon.<\/p>\n Wheelchair accessible building and parking available. Additional parking in the Elm Street lot.<\/p>\n Danvers Historical Society: 978-777-1666 or E-mail to connect@danvershistory.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dramatization of \u2018A Gambrel Roof\u2019, a poem by Lucy Larcom. A creative multi-disciplinary theatrical presentation of a circa 1875 local poem about the historic Danvers Jeremiah Page House. Period…","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1121,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-1339","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n