Drama School

I sound a bit over pedantic but I do stress to my students that we speak the same language as Shakespeare and that it is easy to understand if you can keep an open mind and explore the lnaguage verbally. Speak it out loud and listen. Why did we keep fortnight and not sennight. My favourite english language story is : Charles II of England was shown Christopher Wrenn's model of the magnificant St Paul's Cathedral designed to replace the one burnt down in the great fire of 1666. He looked for a while and then said "It is awefull, pompous and artificial." Wrenn didn't open a vein, it was a compliment he meant Awefull (full of awe) pompous (inspiring pomp) and artificial (a great work of artifice). Just keep your students loving Shakespeare and you're all right in my book. Life's too short to stuff a mushroom www.tonymoore.id.au