For a few months my students and I worked hard on staging "The Tempest" by Shakespeare for the 4th Regional Contest of School Theatres in English, which took place on March 9th. The work was hard as it isn't easy to adapt the whole play to a maximum twenty-minute performance.
What is more, the rehearsals didn't go as well as we had planned as some of the actors fell ill. On March 5th we had a dress rehearsal and it turned out that one of the girls was in hospital... On Wednesday two more fell ill, on Thursday morning the student who played the Prospero part was sent home with an upset stomach... The contest was on Friday...
On Thursday evening, while ironing the costumes, I thought that either it would be a total bomb if someone couldn't turn up or an excellent job as, knowing my students very well,I knew they would be able to muster all their strength in the time of crisis.
Everybody turned up, four of them still feeling unwell... Yet, they did their best! I was so proud of them! They won the first prize, the second time in a row (last year we staged "A Midsummer Night's Dream"), and Prospero got a special prize for outstanding acting. But first of all, they did a great job! The cooperation, the great team spirit, and, what's the most important, A LOT OF FUN!!!
I wish you could see all the people who were involved in the play. The girls who made decorations and costumes worked really hard, so did the guys who worked on the sound. The girl who played the part of Ariel had composed the music for the song she performed, she also played the flute. 'What a brave new world that has such people in it!
I wanted to upload the video but I failed. At least I managed to upload the pictures :)
Have a great week! I'm sure I will :D
I'm impressed and just speechless. I'm so happy that it worked out just fine but I can imagine how worried you probably were. You're a great teacher, Margaret. No wonder you've got so many talented students :)
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