COMPLETELY OT Romeo and Juliet

Hey,

I remember that episode of Gilligan. I think having the music in it has made it stick in my mind. Now, that's they way to do Shakespeare. Brief and full of music. :)

Sadly, we did Julius Caesar, which didn't grab me at all. They also though A Tale of Two Cities was the right intro to Dickens.

Bye for now.

Rosemary in Melbourne, Australia

Just like my HS. We had to do the acting out bit in togas and everything. It was horrible. And I cannot even contemplate Dickens without a shudder of horror after A Tale of Two Cities in 9th grade English. Bleah.

Sara

Philistines! LOL!

Pat

Ah, we did Julius Ceaser in grade school (IIRC, when I was about 10 or 11). The only "fun" was of course everyone going wild in the stabbing scene. I guess I seem to have spent my youth enacting the gorier works of Mr. Shakespeare.

Ellice in Virginia, too

I still remember most of the speeches in Julius Caesar. How sad is that!

Pat

Pat, we didn't play-act in our days and schools. We had dull loking books, no pictures, and actually "learned" the text!

Old farts unite!!

Gill

Yep, twas that way here in the Colonies too back in the olden days.

Did you hear about the dyslexic geezer who cried out "Old farts untie?"

Lucille

snickering away!!

Really, really sad!! :(

But we did have the Shakespeare plays and Dickens novels in a reasonable order, giving us time to mature a bit before doing Julius Caesar for the School Leaving Certificate, later to be O-levels. We started off with A Midsummer Night's Dream, I think, and David Copperfield.

Joyce in RSA.

Well, this old fart`s Grammar school did a Shakespeare play every year - put on at the local theatre for three nights. It was always well attended, too. I was one of the peasants in Julius Caesar, which was great fun. I used to help the art mistress paint the scenery, too.

We were lucky, having wonderfully enthusiastic and encouraging English and art teachers. I wish the History teacher had been better (the headmistress) as I LOATHED history at school, but have been mad about it since I left!

Pat

LOL! Not into bondage, Lucille!

Pat

Reminds me of the unfortunate dyslexic who sold his immortal soul to Santa.