Thursday, October 23, 2014
Grasshopper
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From:http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-g-r
The Red Door
The Red Door
by
Lia Goldman
S2DE
Five Years ago, when I was thirteen, I went to London with my parents. Our B&B was in a calm part of the city called Highgate. During the long everyday trips, I looked at each door. I had to have a photo of each, just like people who collect stamps. For each one, I found a subtitle or a description: one was grass-green, the other sky-blue, or yellow like a lemon.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
How to Become A Writer by Lorrie Moore
By LORRIE MOORE
First, try to be something, anything, else. A movie star/astronaut. A movie star/ missionary. A movie star/kindergarten teacher. President of the World. Fail miserably. It is best if you fail at an early age - say, 14. Early, critical disillusionment is necessary so that at 15 you can write long haiku sequences about thwarted desire. It is a pond, a cherry blossom, a wind brushing against sparrow wing leaving for mountain. Count the syllables. Show it to your mom. She is tough and practical. She has a son in Vietnam and a husband who may be having an affair. She believes in wearing brown because it hides spots. She'll look briefly at your writing then back up at you with a face blank as a doughnut. She'll say: ''How about emptying the dishwasher?'' Look away. Shove the forks in the fork drawer.
Accidentally break one of the freebie gas station glasses. This is the required pain and suffering. This is only for starters.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Friday, June 27, 2014
Poison Tree
Poison Tree
William Blake (1757 - 1827)
I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
And I watered it in fears
Night and morning with my tears,
And I sunned it with smiles
And with soft deceitful wiles.
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright,
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine, -
And into my garden stole
When the night had veiled the pole;
In the morning, glad, I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.
Read Sherlock with Sherlock!
'An Inscrutable Masquerade' from The Rediscovered Railway and Other stories by John Taylor
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
By William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
The Academy Award-winner for the Best Animated Short Film in 2011
Do not go gentle into that good night
Do not go gentle into that good night
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Thursday, June 19, 2014
The Last Night of the World
The Last Night of the World
By Ray Bradbury
Originally published in the February 1951 issue of Esquire
"What would you do if you knew this was the last night of the world?"
"What would I do; you mean, seriously?"
"Yes, seriously."
Macbeth at Primary School!
The first performance was a huge success!!! Get ready for the final performance! The P5 students cordially invite you to watch the Scottish play next Tuesday (24.06.2014) at 8:45 a.m. (because as you know, our little Shakespearians need to study afterwards!). Do not miss this opportunity!!!
Thursday, June 12, 2014
All Art is Propaganda: Critical Essays
“If there really is such a thing as turning in one's grave, Shakespeare must get a lot of exercise.”
George Orwell
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
National Theatre Live will broadcast another great play! To watch Simon Stephen's acclaimed adaptation of Mark Haddon's best-seller, join us next Wednesday (6.18.2014) at Cinéma Odyssée.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love and the Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love and the Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd
Shakespeare's Insults
Shakespeare's Insults
You can tell by the hundreds of imaginative biting quips in Shakespeare's plays that the man adored a good insult. The following is small collection of the very best of Shakespeare's jabs and affronts.
You are not worth another word, else I'd call you knave.
All's Well that Ends Well (2.3.262)
I do desire we may be better strangers.
As You Like It (3.2.248)
He is deformed, crooked, old and sere,
Ill-faced, worse bodied, shapeless everywhere;
Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind;
Stigmatical in making, worse in mind.
The Comedy of Errors (4.2.22-5)
Ill-faced, worse bodied, shapeless everywhere;
Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind;
Stigmatical in making, worse in mind.
The Comedy of Errors (4.2.22-5)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
Mark Twain
Happy Endings by Margaret Atwood
Happy Endings
Margaret Atwood
John and Mary meet.
What happens next?
If you want a happy ending, try A.
Sunday, June 1, 2014
A glimpse of Paradise....
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
Jorge Luis Borges
See more: http://grethascholtz.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/book-art-24/
Symbols and Signs by Vladimir Nabokov
SYMBOLS AND SIGNS
by
For the fourth time in as many years, they were confronted with the problem of what birthday present to take to a young man who was incurably deranged in his mind. Desires he had none. Man-made objects were to him either hives of evil, vibrant with a malignant activity that he alone could perceive, or gross comforts for which no use could be found in his abstract world. After eliminating a number of articles that might offend him or frighten him (anything in the gadget line, for instance, was taboo), his parents chose a dainty and innocent trifle—a basket with ten different fruit jellies in ten little jars.
The Fault in Our Stars
If you are a fan of John Green's The Fault is Our Stars, you are impatiently waiting for the movie. Watch the press conference with the cast and the writer:
We Real Cool
We Real Cool
THE POOL PLAYERS.
SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL.
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
King Lear
Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Revolutionary Road, Skyfall) directs Simon Russell Beale, Olivia Vinall and Anna Maxwell Martin in this unforgettable production of Shakespeare's King Lear. Broadcast live at Cinema Odysée on 21 May. Don't miss it!
For more information, visit:
http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/44084-king-lear
http://www.cinemaodyssee.com
Macbeth, Coming Soon to A Primary School Near You!
Macbeth
The students of P5 cordially invite you to attend their production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
The play will be performed for the parents and the fellow students on 5 June, 2014. Mr. Muir, the P5 teacher and the director, and the actors have graciously agreed to have another performance for the high school students and teachers on 6 June, 2014.
Stay tuned for more information on time and place.
Pronunciation Poem
Pronunciation Poem
Here is more pronunciation.
Ration never rhymes with nation,
Say prefer, but preferable,
Comfortable and vegetable.
B must not be heard in doubt,
Debt and dumb both leave it out.
Ration never rhymes with nation,
Say prefer, but preferable,
Comfortable and vegetable.
B must not be heard in doubt,
Debt and dumb both leave it out.
The Virtue of Pretty Penny
The Virtue of Pretty Penny, or, A Vile Murder Foil'd
By Simon Palmer
Directed by Simon Palmer
By Simon Palmer
Directed by Simon Palmer
Penny, beautiful, simple and deliciously rich, is beset by suitors: venal bankers with no thought of love who seek merely to avail themselves of her fortune. However, our heroine has eyes only for Count Euro, whose exotic charm is compounded by chronic ill-health. The bankers, scenting their rival’s advantage, set out to destroy him whilst at the same time trying Penny’s virtue. At length, however, love triumphs and Penny and Euro are united.
CAST
| Penny | Selina Kenny |
| Sir Grasper Greedy | David Crowe |
| Lord Max Bonus | Chris Reynolds |
| Sir Standard Notpoor | Ian Bennett |
| Count Euro | Grégoire Devictor |
| Lord Sterling | Richard Thayer |
| Lady Sterling | Bridget O’Loughlin |
| Denaria | Pelin Iscan |
| Europa | Elena Malagoni |
| Lolo Elf | Lois Ceredig |
| Mimi Elf | Mimi Sajin |
The play will be performed at Au Cammioneur on 15 and 16 May at 9:30. The restaurant opens at 7. The admission is 5 euros and food and drinks may be ordered from the menu. If you'd like to see Ms. Kenny as Penny, don't hesitate to join us tomorrow!
Au Camionneur
Friday, April 25, 2014
Hey! You! Whedon Fans!
Joss Whedon (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The Avengers, Much Ado About Nothing) has explored yet another way of distribution. After releasing Dr. Horrible Sing Along Blog online in 2008, Whedon has uploaded the new movie he had produced, In Your Eyes, on Vimeo 4 days ago! If you have watched anything by Joss Whedon, you do not need further encouragement. Here's the link. Have fun!!
http://inyoureyesmovie.com
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Beat the Bard
Beat the Bard! Shakespeare's characters fight it out in our interactive game. Could Richard III handle Hamlet in a punch-up? Is Benedikt more fanciable than Beatrice? Is Falstaff craftier than Cleopatra? Celebrate Shakespeare's 450th birthday by pitting his characters against each other.
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/ng-interactive/2014/apr/23/beat-the-bard-shakespeares-characters-fight-it-out-in-our-interactive-game?CMP=fb_gu
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trenité
The Chaos
Dearest creature in creation
Studying English pronunciation,
I will teach you in my verse
Sounds like corpse, corps, horse and worse.
I will keep you, Susy, busy,
Make your head with heat grow dizzy;
Tear in eye, your dress you'll tear;
Queer, fair seer, hear my prayer.
Fat Disgusting Food!
Task: Write a complaint letter.
164 rue Watermelon
15th of April 2014
el: 031-234-534-432
14 rue INTERKAYS
Main McDonnal’s building.
To the creator of McDonnald's
Dear Sir/Madam,
I've got a few questions to ask you. How are you today? What have you been doing this whole week? Oh no- let me guess! You are fine and what you've been doing is things you love and I'm sure the food you ate wasn't Mc Donald’s. Have you ever been to one of your restaurants? No? Yes? Well let me tell you some thing:
Monday, April 14, 2014
The Highwayman by Alfred Noyce
The Highwayman
Alfred Noyes (1880-1958)
PART ONE
I
THE wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding—
Riding—riding—
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
II
He'd a French cocked-hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin,
A coat of the claret velvet, and breeches of brown doe-skin;
They fitted with never a wrinkle: his boots were up to the thigh!
And he rode with a jewelled twinkle,
His pistol butts a-twinkle,
His rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jewelled sky.
Everything and Nothing by Jorge Luis Borges
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Everything and Nothing
by
Jorge Luis Borges
Translated by J. E. I.
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 There was no one in him; behind his face (which even through
the bad paintings of those times resembles no other) and his words,
which were copious, fantastic and stormy, there was only a bit of
coldness, a dream dreamt by no one. At first he thought that all people
were like him, but the astonishment of a friend to whom he had begun
to speak of this emptiness showed him his error and made him feel
always that an individual should not differ in outward appearance.
Once he thought that in books he would find a cure for his ill and thus
he learned the small Latin and less Greek a contemporary would speak
of; later he considered that what he sought might well be found in an
elemental rite of humanity, and let himself be initiated by Anne
Hathaway one long June afternoon. At the age of twenty-odd years he
went to London. Instinctively he had already become proficient in the
habit of simulating that he was someone, so that others would not
discover his condition as no one; in London he found the profession to
which he was predestined, that of the actor, who on a stage plays at
being another before a gathering of people who play at taking him for
that other person. His histrionic tasks brought him a singular
satisfaction, perhaps the first he had ever known; but once the last
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Geri's Game
Geri's Game
Director: Jan Pinkava
Produced by Pixar
The winner of The Best Animated Short Film Academy Award in 1998
A Letter to Larry, the Punk Dinosaur
Task: Write an informal letter to a friend.
52, Jerry Avenue
Slinktown
This Land
21 January, 2008
Dear Larry,
I was very happy to hear from you after the accident. I'm very sorry about what happened to your relatives and neighbors. Everything is just fine here in This Land. Last week the Candy Kingdom's banana guards came over to Slinky to borrow some root beer and cucumber which is weird because Candy people only eat candy so I'm staying alert in case of a near-future invasion. By the way, how's your piercing, dude? Mine is totally swell, I got this new ring with a peppermint pattern. It is totally rad man! You gotta check it out! I remember when we went to get your pierced, you were so scared that you chomped the poor guy's arm off. It was hilarious! Well, be sure to visit soon, like this week dude. But remember to wear some sort of disguise. You didn't leave a very friendly impression on the people in your last visit! Just remember to bring your tranquilizer with you. I'm all out. I don't know when you will receive this letter. You live in such a remote area! I think you should consider moving closer to Slinky so we can hang out more.
Stay Healthy.
Love,
Eva
Relatively Responsible!
Task: Compare and contrast Colin Rowbotham's Relative Sadness and Peter Appleton's Responsibility, paying close attention to form and content.
From: http://www.cartoonmovement.com/cartoon/6128
Critical Commentary
“Relative Sadness” by Colin Rowbotham and “The Responsibility” by Peter Appleton
By
Matilde My Kristensen
“Relative Sadness” by Colin Rowbotham and “The Responsibility” by Peter Appleton are both poems written after the end of the Second World War and convey a strong anti-war attitude through the accusatory and sensationalist content, and various literary devices. Their format, style, and choice of literary devices contrast greatly. This is to say that they ultimately produce different effects on the reader. While they both condemn the war and the violence it entails, the messages communicated by the poems have differing nuances: Whereas “Relative Sadness” highlights the irony in the grief felt by those who participated in starting, waging or exacerbating the war, “The Responsibility” reveals the irony in the casting of blames on those very people. Thus, the two poems – having different meanings, using different literary devices and producing different effects on the reader – are both just as effective in expressing a clear anti-war sentiment.
Coriolanus
National Theatre Live broadcasted the Donmar Warehouse production of William Shakespeare's Coriolanus, with Tom Hiddleston in the title role and Mark Gatiss as Menenius, directed by Josie Rourke, live from their Covent Garden home last month in Strasbourg.
Here's our friends' informal review. (Spoilers ahead!)
Coriolanus is a play originally written by Shakespeare between 1605 and 1608. The story was set in ancient Rome, where the empire still ruled and gladiators still fought against each other. It is based on the life of a Roman leader called Caius Marcius Coriolanus, a stubborn soldier with no aptitude for politics. The plot unfolds as his mother Volumnia wants him to become a consul and he is asked by the tribunes to show his support to the people.
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