tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post5070428205665259151..comments2024-03-14T10:31:26.918+00:00Comments on DCblog: On hip-hop ShakespeareDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-83460712441737390802009-12-05T22:44:54.850+00:002009-12-05T22:44:54.850+00:00Certainly did. In fact they did it once in the Uch...Certainly did. In fact they did it once in the Ucheldre Centre, the community arts centre in Holyhead, where I live.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-34850776788069229802009-12-05T19:12:11.308+00:002009-12-05T19:12:11.308+00:00Reading this, and wondering too if you ever saw th...Reading this, and wondering too if you ever saw the Reduced Shakespeare's Othello Rap? Great stuff.Pyroclastic Flonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-7841103663382774732009-12-03T11:03:31.603+00:002009-12-03T11:03:31.603+00:00akala is mintakala is minttravnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-46713227118942514642009-11-28T09:41:08.352+00:002009-11-28T09:41:08.352+00:00Ah, yes, we've had this before with the BBC (s...Ah, yes, we've had this before with the BBC (see the post on 'It's Only a Theory') - but someone put the item up on YouTube soon after!DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-60928485360609909712009-11-28T09:39:28.639+00:002009-11-28T09:39:28.639+00:00But not with kids off the streets, no? And not put...But not with kids off the streets, no? And not put together, from beginning to end, in two weeks. That's what makes Akala's show so impressive.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-29083378785759252242009-11-28T02:17:46.960+00:002009-11-28T02:17:46.960+00:00Arrgh! The link is UK only...Arrgh! The link is UK only...arthurhttp://arthurphillips.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-11244985050663832532009-11-28T00:07:06.750+00:002009-11-28T00:07:06.750+00:00Haven't seen the programme, but the concept ha...Haven't seen the programme, but the concept has been done before? <br /><br />A few years ago I saw the play "A Bomb-itty of Errors" in the West End. Described by Wikipedia as "a hip hop theatre retelling of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors"<br />Twas "part play and part rap concert" with a live DJ.<br /><br />Anyway, that was not a criticism, this type of ad-rap-tation is very welcome.Ranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207632255129272209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-23684898392339724872009-11-27T22:53:32.810+00:002009-11-27T22:53:32.810+00:00It's difficult to tell. One would have to wait...It's difficult to tell. One would have to wait and see. I do have my doubts about an approach which claims to 'strip away the language', because (as Akala's group show) the language is everything. Take away the poetry, the wordplay, the imagery, and the complex characterization (expressed through language) and what have we left? Just the plot, which (as many critics have pointed out) is often very thin and not usually original. The Mail report doesn't give much away, though, There are hints that there's more Shakespeare than the quotations illustrate, and certainly 'ambitious', 'beware the ides of March', and suchlike don't show much slang.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-86652109941482715632009-11-27T21:55:30.420+00:002009-11-27T21:55:30.420+00:00Yippie Kai YAAA!Yippie Kai YAAA!Tabbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369914791773587612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-45200724184759316582009-11-27T20:00:51.011+00:002009-11-27T20:00:51.011+00:00This is a great band, you should check them out!ht...This is a great band, you should check them out!http://www.reverbnation.com/ramrangerroyTabbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369914791773587612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-683726797823377222009-11-27T18:20:01.896+00:002009-11-27T18:20:01.896+00:00That's miraculous - Shakespeare's vasty po...That's miraculous - Shakespeare's vasty power! He reaches out to literally everyone.<br /><br />But what would you say to this, Professor? - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1230194/Young-actors-stage-modern-version-Julius-Caesar--street-slang.html - Shakespeare is given a makeover in street slang. <br />Don't You think there is hardly anything positive here as far as students' normal acquaintance with Shakespeare's original text is concerned and that's simply something absolutely else with only a shadow of Shakespeare lurking somewhere at all? Or do You think that's another approach to the Bard which may inevitable bring the students to wish to get acquainted with the original Shakespearean text?<br />I cannot make up my mind thereon really.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15784839644389409568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-35187150602266351612009-11-27T18:17:23.729+00:002009-11-27T18:17:23.729+00:00I went to an open day at the University of Edinbur...I went to an open day at the University of Edinburgh and he was running this workshop out on the street it- looked really interesting but I didn't have time to sign up. It's really exciting to see the final product so thank you!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11184847791954356439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-23696225887531234232009-11-27T16:55:42.730+00:002009-11-27T16:55:42.730+00:00Thanks for spotting this, David. I've posted i...Thanks for spotting this, David. I've posted it on my blog. As you say, an inspiring story, especially for teachers.RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07372042441170243593noreply@blogger.com