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Who
are the RIPP?
The
Rhode Island Pirate Players is a new, up-and-coming living history
society in New England. RIPP also associates with, but is not a
part of, the SCA and LHA, as well as several college history based
groups. If you have never seen a re-enactment society before you
might be wary of a bunch of eccentrics that wear funny clothes and
pretend to live in the past. However, if you have a special
interest in pirates and historic life at sea that makes others’
eyes glaze over then you’ll love us!
It
is our mission as a living history organization to depict as best
as possible the lives of pirates in Rhode Island and New England
in the late 17th (seventeenth) early 18th
(eighteenth) centuries. To this end the RIPP will use and teach
proper language, arms, and skills. Naturally, our aim is largely
concentrated on the daily lives of New England pirates, but we do
not ignore the impact that they had on a worldwide scale. With
grog and swords as the attention grabber, our efforts are very
much aimed at portraying a balanced image of life three hundred
years ago through the adoption of the clothing and mannerisms of
the pirates, their associates, enemies, and victims.
The Rhode Island Pirate Players are available for Educational
Presentations and Living History Events. Specialties include
Raids, Ransoms & Robberies, Disruption of Commerce, and
General Mayhem. We come equipped with various firearms and weapons
and the skills, knowledge, and inclination to use them.
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