Thursday, February 21, 2008
Students sparkle in annual Shakespeare contest
Post Gazette: "It was fireworks night in Downtown Pittsburgh yesterday, but the fireworks went off inside the Pittsburgh Public Theater. They came courtesy of the characters and words of Shakespeare, detonated by 39 students from 19 schools, in grades four to 12, who competed in the finals of the theater's 14th annual Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest."
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I remeber these contests and participated in the shakespeare monologue competitions for three years. It's a great opportunity to have students experience shakespeare. Having them focus only on one scene or monologue gives them time to really analyze it and with great teachers/coaches you'll find yourself going a lot farther with your understanding of Shakespeare if you participated in these contests. I also thinks it boosts major confidence among youths with public speaking because once you've tackled delivering shakespeare in front of an audience larger than 20 you sometimes feel invincible.
I think it's so cute the participants in the picture are so happy with their little statues. I think it's very nice that Pittsburgh is running these local size events to keep the educational theatre running. And can there be a better ones than a Shakespeare one for a local high school monologue contests?
I can't say I've ever really understood why these contests are always done. Every time I hear about a high school-level theatre competition, Shakespeare always seems to be involved. I can appreciate that Shakespeare is difficult to do, but to perform some of the stranger material from Beckett or someone of that nature would certainly be just as challenging, if not more challenging in all actuality. I think these types of competitions could really use an expansion, because outside of Shakespeare, they can be hard to come across.
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