Why we should work on Shakespeare in English
A couple of years ago, I was in a theatre on Tverskaya ulitsa to see a play (not an excellent one) on the life and death of the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. The lights went down and the theatre was filled with sound of half a dozen lines of Pushkin’s verse.
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We created a ship! We played and sang and continued reading The Tempest... We started with listened to What Will We Do with a Drunken Sailor, familiarised ourselves with the lyrics and tried singing it... https://youtu.be/qGyPuey-1Jw Then we continued reading The Tempest. The text we chose: Shakespeare's The Tempest for Kids (Playing with Plays) by Brendan P. Kelso, Khara C. Oliver, Shana Lopez http://a.co/i0w8h4N Actually, we had started it in our 11th meeting (on April 22), which, unfortunately, wasn't recorded. During a break we listened to Ariel's song Full Fathom Five At last, we kind of performed the scene where Trinculo and Stephano find Caliban - in Russian, in our own words. Hamlet, Act 1, Scenes 4 - 5
For this production we have used the version of Shakespeare's Hamlet retold by Margaret Tarner for Macmillan Readers (2013). Recording: 0.0 - 8.17 - in Russian; 8.18 - 15.41 - in English Russian part, voices: Hamlet - Vasya Pchelintsev Ghost - Pasha Pchelintsev Horatio - Zhenya Balashova-Shumitskaya Marcellus - Ira Morozova Remarks, music and the sound of great guns - Lena Vaneyan Shadow puppeteers: Sonya Vaneyan and Zhenya Balashova-Shumitskaya English part, voices: Hamlet - Zhenya Balashova-Shumitskaya Ghost - Sonya Vaneyan Horatio - Ira Morozova Marcellus - Lena Vaneyan Remarks, music and the sound of great guns - Lena Vaneyan Shadow puppeteers: Vasya Pchelintsev and Pasha Pchelintsev Also... Directors - Irina Erissanova and Lena Vaneyan Artist - Sonya Vaneyan Cameraperson - Lena Lurye Poet German Lukomnikov reading Hamlet (translated by Boris Pasternak)
Dear colleagues,
As in 2016 the whole world commemorates 400 years since Shakespeare’s death, we, Pasternak’s museum, have decided to take the opportunity to found our own Shakespeare society and we invite all interested to join us. What we are going to do first: In our first meeting we want to get to know each other and find out how much we as a group know about Shakespeare’s, life and times and his legacy. We are likely to come to the conclusion that we know very little, if anything, but this is not a reason to despair. What we are going to do second: We will pool our knowledge, and our resources, work out what more we want to know and map out a strategy for us to explore as a group. Why you might be interested: Things we can look into
Who we are inviting: We are looking particularly for a strong group of children and young adults. Also a kid has the right to invite adults. We think it would be great if a parent or grandparent of his/her choice could come along with him or her. Where and when we want to meet: Our meetings will take place on Saturdays in Pasternak’s museum in Predelkino. We will decide how often we meet at our first meeting. What it will cost to join up: Membership is free of charge for the first 10 members. How to contact us: Our email is: [email protected]. Our phone no. is: +7-915-203-76-23 ask for Elena Please come and have fun with us.....everyone is welcome! |
The Shakespeare Society
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