The Young Shakespeare Company
On Monday the 9th of October, the Young Shakespeare Company visited to share with our school (Down Hall Primary School) the wonders and miracles of the pantomimes and plays that William Shakespeare wrote and directed back when he was alive and well. As we found out, the play that they performed was ‘Romeo and Juliet’ - one of the most famous pantomimes of the playwright. There were many roles that were took on, and the performance was extremely educational, inspirational and interesting. The play was set in Venice and was exceedingly realistic for a live performance and there were hardly any actors or actresses! I am sure that us children very much enjoyed the amount of participation that was included for us and were very pleased with the spiritual, creative and fun direction of our learning that was taken when we were lead into the hall to watch the pantomime. Once the play had started, they were explaining the old english language that they used in the performance as it was consistently used to help us understand the olden days and how they lived their everyday life. We helped to encourage the feud between the Capulets (Juliet’s family) and the Montagues (Romeo’s family). Also, to help us to refer to the play with modern day life, they inserted recent songs, dances and items which made it even more enjoyable and comprehensible. We got to see (up close) how Romeo and Juliet fell in love and how their life came to a tragic and sudden end because of this.
by Seren (Year 6)
