Arthur, dont you mean you were 16????

oops!
SallyE

on 7/9/04 1:27 pm, Arthur Seeley at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> I was 61 and newly arrived in the Solomon Islands with other VSO volunteers.
> The rest were sat playing cards by the light of a kerosene lamp and I was
> reading Tennyson. I got to the piece" It's maybe we have reached the Happy
> Isles" and the coincidence touched me. I asked if I could read the quote and
> someone said " Read it all" so I did. I have a deep voice and the room was
> small lit by a single lamp. I read it all the way through and from " Come my
> friends..." I really 'thesped' in rolling thunderous tones. When I finshed I
> looked uo and they had all laid down their cards and their eyes swam in the
> soft orange light. The room was very quiet and someone sobbed. I was moved
> also. I used to love reading to my class and used to really lay into " The
> Revenge" and nary a sound from the kids. Good poetry does hit home and needs
> to be read aloud. Arthur.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Pennine Poetry Works on behalf of Bob Cooper
> Sent: Tue 07/09/2004 12:58
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Cc:
> Subject: ...poetry readings- thesping & A Question
>
>
>
> Yeh, at a Literature Festival a few years ago I found myself part of an
> audience of Poetry Please being recorded for the BBC. The poets being
> interviewed all put on their Radio Voices for the show - and went back to
> normal afterwards with a drink in their hands - but hearing the thesps of
> the actors was almost rush-to-the-loo stuff.
> And a slight extension of the subject... (And it's a serious question about
> our reading voicees) Has anyone ever heard a poet read somebody else's poem
> as part of their reading? (And stated they were doing that!). I don't think
> a singer-songwriter would get more than a murmur (of approval) if they
> included one of their favourites in their performance.
> Bob
>
>
>> From: Sally Evans <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Hints on poetry readings- thesp
>> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:15:14 +0100
>>
>> thesp...wonderful verb, Grassy!
>> bw
>> SallyEon 29/8/04 2:58 am, grasshopper at
>> [log in to unmask]
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Correction - Blame it on the Zopiclone -that should be 'an unforgettable
>>> experience'.
>>>
>>> Good luck with the reading,  Matt. My GP told me that lots  of - ahem -
>>> artistes like concert pianists get so nervous they take beta-blockers.
>> The
>>> fact is that being an author doesn't mean you're a natural performer.
>>> I just thought -- if anyone was so nervous they'd rather not do
>> readings,
>>> there must be plenty of out-of-work (resting) actors who'd be glad to do
>> it.
>>> Actors do a special voice for poetry - I think of it as 'thesping'.
>>> Listening to an actor thesp a poem can be an forgettable experience.
>>> Kind regards,
>>> grasshopper
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Merritt, Matt - Leic. Mercury"
>> <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 2:57 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [THE-WORKS] Hints on poetry readings
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yes, the water's always a good idea. My throat dries up very quickly at
>>> the
>>>> best of times
>
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