My wife and I sat there and watched the different tapes. If I put a tape down, can we get it to someone?” They said, “If we like it, we can get it to someone there.” So, I did it. McGOWAN: As soon as I read the script, I said to my agent, “We have to get my tape to them somehow. What was it about this script and character that made you want to do this show? But I’ve been very fortunate to get to work with such amazing people, and to continue to work is just great, as an actor. We could have made it work, but it’s just the way it is. I would love to do both of them simultaneously, but that’s like trying to play for the Yankees and the Red Sox, at the same time. I won’t be appearing in Season 4 of Shameless. I took it, so I’m on this show, for now, and really love it. They had be come in and read for them after, and they offered me the part. We were able to skirt around the casting process that way. One of my agents was friendly with one of the producers on it, in Michael Bay’s office, and was able to get my tape to him. Mr Butler aquainting Lt.Of course, they weren’t reading Americans, at all. Maynards sloop enters himself the first man, with a rope in his hand to lash or make fast the two sloops. ‘Thatch observing his decks clear of men presently concluded the vessel his own, and then sheers on board Lt. His body was riddled with cuts and gunshot wounds, while his head was cut off and hung from Maynard’s sloop. A bloody battle ensued at Blackbeard’s base at Ocracoke Island, ending with his death and the defeat of his crew. This proved to be the final straw for the Governor of Virginia Alexander Spotswood who dispatched Lieutenant Robert Maynard to apprehend Teach. However, despite accepting a royal pardon, Teach soon returned to his piratical ways. It was this reputation that enabled him to blockade and successfully ransom the Port of Charles Town (now Charleston), at the height of his power. Possibly the most infamous pirate to have ever set sail, Edward Teach (or Edward Thatch) – known to the world as Blackbeard – caused mayhem across the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.īlackbeard’s power was built on a ruthless reputation and a carefully cultivated image of fear – even tying smoking fuses under his hat to create a more imposing and ferocious physical appearance. ‘Ye and each of ye, are adjudged and Sentenced to be carried back to the Place, from whence ye came, from thence to the Place of Execution, without the Gates of this Castle and there within the Flood Marks to be hanged by the Neck till ye are Dead, Dead, Dead, and the Lord have Mercy upon your Souls.’ Blackbeard A grapeshot tore out his throat and his body was quickly buried at sea by his crew, shortly before their capture.Ī sentence to death against 15 crew members of Bartholomew Roberts reads: Roberts was killed in battle in 1722 when HMS Swallow, captained by Challoner Ogle, came across his fleet at Cape Lopez. However, authorities eventually caught up with him.
During his command, Roberts was successful in capturing hundreds of vessels. Roberts – popular among both Captain and crew – was elected to replace Davis after he was killed in an ambush. He turned to piracy after the slave ship on which he served was captured by Captain Howell Davis. Sentence to death against fifteen crew members of Bartholomew Roberts, 1722 (catalogue reference: HCA 1/99/3)īartholomew Roberts (born John Roberts) was a highly successful, particularly ruthless pirate.
CHARLES VANE TRIAL
Vane stood trial in Jamaica and was hanged on 29 March 1721, in Port Royal. Upon being rescued, he was identified by the captain of a passing ship who had been invited to dine with Vane’s erstwhile liberator and imprisoned.
Following this incident, Vane’s ship was wrecked in a storm and he was marooned on an uninhabited island. However, his luck started to run out after he was voted out of command by his crew, in favour of ‘Calico’ Jack Rackham. In one incident – when seemingly cornered by the navy in Nassau – Vane set ablaze his newly commandeered flagship and sailed it directly at the British blockade, providing enough distraction to allow his escape. Charles VaneĬharles Vane was a brazen yet skilled pirate and one of the few who refused to accept the King’s pardon. However, the real-life pirates of the Caribbean often had short careers, meeting with violent ends. Pirates have often been dramatised in popular culture: romantic figures, taking to the high seas in search of freedom and treasure.
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