Performing Shakespeare's Verse
Many people are taught that Shakespeare’s verse is written in iambic pentameter. In fact it is written in irregular verse with a predominant iambic pulse, which is something rather different. The key to understanding formal verse structures is the foot. The foot is a unit of rhythm usually containing a stressed syllable and one or possibly two unstressed syllables. The word going is stressed on the go and not stressed on the ing. Try stressing the ing and people will look at
Didn't Get Enough Points? Neither Did We.
For many young people, today is the day when they can leave off biting their fingernails. Today their Leaving Cert results come through. If you are one of those young people, and your points don’t quite add up, don’t worry. All is not lost. Einstein failed his exams. The list of illustrious people who bombed at school or who didn’t even go – never mind take a test, would be gratifyingly long: Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Darwin, Steven Spielberg, Harry Houdini, to name just a f
Not A Rehearsal
It’s about that time of year when soon-to-be school leavers, mulling over what they’re going to do with the rest of their lives, give parents grey hairs. The economy being what it is, nobody could blame parents for advising offspring entering further education, to go for a ‘safe’ career. But what is safe? Well, apologies for the grey hairs, but recent figures from the UK show that throughout the recession, creative industries grew by 15.6% - comfortably outperforming the rest
