The Tempest, by Shakespeare
Last Thursday, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th (Me), and 5th graders went to the theater to see an adapted version of the Tempest performed by the 6th, 7th, and 8th graders at the Dalton Middle School. The setting includes some trees with a landing in the middle. There are many different costumes for each person. For example, Prospero is the Duke of Milan and wears a lot of dark colors. He also has a stick that she uses. Ariel, Iris, Cers, and Juno are spirits and wear white. There are a lot of funny characters like Trinculo, who has a puppet and talks in a very high voice when she is talking for the puppet. I thought it was a very good play!
I have included some links to learn more about The Tempest and
The Dalton School:
February 7th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Hi sh–
I enjoyed reading your blog tonight. The Tempest sounds really neat. All those costume changes make it interesting for the audience, and a lot of work for the actors!
Keep those blog entries coming!
February 8th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
There is nothing better than a Shakespeare play! I am so glad you liked it. Hard to believe he wrote that about 500 years ago and people are still enjoying it. I am glad you liked the costumes. One time, many years ago, when I saw the Tempest being performed in a theater Ariel came in wearing a crown of sparklers. Keep up the blogging. – Virginia