Showing posts with label Theatre. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Theatre. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Shakespeare...inside-out!

Is there anyone amongst you who hasn't heard of the name William Shakespeare, even once? I don't think so...! William Shakespeare from Stratford-upon-Avon in Αγγλίας, was (and is still considered to be) one of the greatest playwrights and poets, not only in his country, but also in the whole world! 39 plays are officially recognised as his, with  "Romeo and Juliet", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "The Merchant of Venice" and "Hamlet" being amongst the most well-known. I beg your pardon? You already knew these too?

Well, did you know that...:

1. ...nobody knows exactly when he was born? All we know is that he was christened on the 26th of April in 1564 and the historians, estimating that he was then 3 days old, considered the 23rd of April in 1564 to be his birth day!
2. ...he never went to University, but studied literature, Latin, Maths and Religion by himself throughout his life?
3. ...he used more than 25,000 different words in total in his works, while he also invented words of his own, such as the word "assassination"? People use about 2,000 words on average when they write or talk!
4. ...his wife and all of his three kids were illiterate? (!) They were unable to even read or write!
5. ...he died on the same day that is considered to be his birth day, on the 23rd of April in 1616?
Let's play with William! Click on the picture:

Monday, December 26, 2011

Princes, for a while...!


«Take a little care of me! I'm an unlucky little rose»

Even the little, grumpy rose finally understands and respects the Little prince's need to travel and know the world... "To learn a lot", as he himself says...
…And somehow like that, the two of them parted before the trip
… The fourth grade kids (2010-2011) wished him to have nice explorations and kept from him "the light in the heart" and from the little rose its scent and its song…

The adaptation and the texts belong to Ms Katerina Lysiova-as do the infinite interventions in the video for the last-minute directions (or, maybe, to "steal" some of our kids' fame?)!