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Agnieszka
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Post by Agnieszka » Tue Feb 03, 2004 5:14 pm

I work in secondary school in Poland and I would like to prepare a play Much Ado About Nothing. Any ideas how to do it? :?
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Celeste
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Post by Celeste » Wed Feb 04, 2004 7:56 am

Do you mean that you want your students to perform it on stage?

I have a degree in theatre, and I have produced and stage managed many plays.

Let me know what you have in mind and I can give you some tips.
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Agnieszka
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Post by Agnieszka » Thu Feb 05, 2004 6:57 pm

Dear Celeste,
I would like to show my students that English literature (even Shakespeare) can be funny. I would like to perform it on stage in front of my colleagues and some guests invited to my performance. I want to choose one part only, because it's going to be much for my students. Do you think it makes any sense?
Thank you for any suggestions :D
Agnieszka from Poland
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kpkelly.rm
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Post by kpkelly.rm » Wed Jul 14, 2004 10:33 pm

I have a degree in English Literature. I taught at a University in Korea for a few years. One year I helped the English Majors (at SangMyung University) prepare Our Town. It was hilarious and they did a great job. Though Shakespeare is considered by English lit guys like myself to be Modern English as opposed to Middle English (Cantebury tales) and Old English (Beowulf) the language, though beautiful, is antiquated and often a challenge for the best of non-native speakers. Much Ado About Nothing is an awesome play. It rocks. However when you consider student performers: there is that sex scene that is necessary to the plot that whoever would play Hero's servant would have to perform. The one in which Hero's servant is mistaken for Hero. You can't skip it: it's the "nothing" about which "much ado" follow. If you have your heart set on Shakepeare you could do Twelfth Night. Then you have the fun of one of our extravert female students dress up in drag: Viola as Cesario. Even if the language is still Shakespearean and hard and all that it's still a good time for all. Hope this helps. If you're not familiar with Twelfth Night there's a summary at: http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/t ... mmary.html
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dalian
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Is Shakespeare related to Chinese?

Post by dalian » Wed Jul 28, 2004 2:32 am

Agnieszka wrote:Dear Celeste,
I would like to show my students that English literature (even Shakespeare) can be funny. I would like to perform it on stage in front of my colleagues and some guests invited to my performance. I want to choose one part only, because it's going to be much for my students. Do you think it makes any sense?
Thank you for any suggestions :D
Agnieszka from Poland
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