If he’s wearing slops (wide breeches), then he can have boots – moderate heels, rounded toes, up to the length of the breeches (shorter breeches = higher boots), with a flared cuff that could be turned down.     

Another examination of 16th century guards/knights/lords/nightwatchme, again with a focus on the footgear.

Again, for the guards, lords, nightwatchmen.  Look at Caiphphas’ slippers, and everyone’s footgear. 

For the liveried guards/night watchmen costumes.  Love Brueghel’s sense of humour (look carefully)

Ina’s comment in a recent email to me helped me get into a better focus:
“the idea for the historic authenticity: you could walk into the Globe as if you’re walking back to Shakespeare’s era”
and that got the juices going.
So. It’s somewhere around 1602, just outside London, along the river, in a part of town […]

Farnham, William, ed. The Pelican Shakespeare: William Shakespeare: Hamlet Prince of Denmark. London, Penguin Books, 1957. Essays by Alfred Harbage and William Farnham, with notes on the text, the text itself, and an appendix that lists departures from the text of the 1604-1605 Quarto
Spencer, T.J.B., ed., with an introduction by Anne Barton. […]

This has probably already been discussed and resolved but if it has I haven’t seen it so …
Am I right to assume that the times quoted for rehearsals, get-togethers, etc. are all SL times?  For me, in the UK, that means I have to add 8 hours to them.  One of the interesting features of […]

Ina said, “there is actually a 2-4 times larger version of the Globe to be constructed for the actual performance.” OH GOODY!
Dolgo said there should be a real AV for the ghost–TOTALLY AGREE–if I may–I would like to insist on that!
Ina said, “Passing of beacon along is also a good symbolism,” to denote the […]

Well, the first post on this production blog will recount how Second Life is currently down, and has been since about 10:30 AM… so, the inworld auditions are necessarily delayed until noon on Thursday 8/9 at 12 PM SLT (high noon).